(500) Days of Summer (2009)

Director:

Marc Webb

Writers (WGA):

Scott Neustadter (written by) &
Michael H. Weber (written by)

Release Date:

2 September 2009 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.

Plot:

An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn't believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.

Plot Keywords:

Greeting Card | Party | Office Romance | Young Version Of Character | Bar

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Tom Hansen
Zooey Deschanel	...	Summer Finn
Geoffrey Arend	...	McKenzie
Chloe Moretz	...	Rachel Hansen
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Paul
Clark Gregg	...	Vance
Patricia Belcher	...	Millie
Rachel Boston	...	Alison
Minka Kelly	...	Autumn - Girl at interview
Ian Reed Kesler	...	Douche
Darryl Alan Reed	...	Bus Driver
Valente Rodriguez	...	Employee #1
Yvette Nicole Brown	...	New Secretary
Nicole Vicius	...	Partygoer
Natalie Boren	...	Another Partygoer

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual material and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Swedish

Color:

Color | Black and White (some sequences)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45018) | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | Ireland:15A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | UK:12A | Japan:PG12 | Finland:S | Netherlands:AL | Hong Kong:IIA | Norway:A | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Sweden:Btl | Brazil:12 | Argentina:13 | Mexico:B

Filming Locations:

Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sneak Preview Entertainment

Trivia:

Zooey Deschanel chose her own song for the karaoke scene, the Sugartown song.

Goofs:

Continuity: During one of the final scenes on the park bench, Summer's hair keeps changing styles and falls both in front of and in back of her shoulder many times.

Quotes:

Rachel Hansen: You know, all my friends love you and think you're great. It's like they say, there's plenty of fish in the sea.
Tom: [Looks at a group of twelve year old girls who wave at him and giggle] Those aren't fish. They're guppies.

Movie Connections:

Features Star Wars (1977)

Soundtrack:

QUELQU'UN M'A DIT

Fresh & Original Romantic Comedy

This was an excellent romantic comedy, although many might not agree that it is either romantic or a comedy. I found myself laughing out loud at many of the scenes, but the laughs in the theater were few, and I think most people would label this a drama with streaks of black comedy.

The driving force behind what makes this movie work (beside the script) is Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom Hansen, who carries the movie on the basis of his physical comedy and acting ability. He is the unrequited love interest in the film. JGL does have brief glimpses of true love with Summer (Zooey Deschanel) but it's clear she's not interested in anything permanent, just a good time. After his initial sexual encounter with Summer, JGL engaged in a choreographed dance routine of Hall & Oats "Your Making my Dreams Come True", which should win JGL some type of award.

Deschanel plays the role she usually plays, soulful & pretty free spirit. She played the character very well and the movie viewer could well understand her reticence to engage in a long term affair with Tom.

These types of movies might leave some cold, but the ending turned out well.

One additional bonus was Chloe Moritz, who played Tom's younger teenage sister and Psycho-Analyst. She was great.

A very good movie worth checking out. A near perfect date movie I might add.