500 Days of Summer is a good movie. Marc Webb's movie is a little self-indulgent at times, but not to the point of making you annoyed with its borderline hipsterness. The cast I thought was great, and the story was more or less believable.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays our would be Romeo, Tom, and Zooey Deschanel is his somewhat distant, unwilling Juliet. The movie claims to not be a love story, but it clearly is. on this point, I actually found Zooey Deschanel convincing as a cold uncaring lover. The reason why? She always seems so flighty in her movies. Not necessarily in a bad way, but more so in a detached "Heeeeeey" kind of way. You remember what she was like in Elf? She was engaged, to a point.
Gordon-Levitt has quite the support system in this movie. There is his sage little sister Rachel played by Chloe Grace Moretz. His two buddies are played by Geoffrey Arend, and Matthew Gubler. As far as these supporting characters go his little sister takes the cake. When it comes to dealing with Tom's neurotic behavior she offers up pearls of wisdom beyond her years. I was a little disappointed that when Rachel asked Tom to look back on his relationship with Summer that he did not see the actions of Summer more negatively. I mean, it was a negative portrayal, but not as much as I thought they could do by repackaging his memories.
I don't really have much else to say about this movie. It was a good comedy, and really worthwhile, but I don't have much to add. Quirky movie. I did really like that Tom keeps his optimism in the end, and dares to dream again when he goes to his job interview. The world needs idealists.
7/10, would watch again
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