(500) Days of Summer [DVD] [2009]

This is no chick flick. One of JGLs finest moments. Rented this movie cause of a recommendation and now own it on blu ray.

A powerful examination of a typical narcissist codependent relationship. Very accurate but hard to watch his pathetic nature and her evil manipulation.

Very realistic and relatable tale. As they say on the beginning of the movie, this isnt a love story and thats what makes it perfect. Theres enough movies out there with Hollywoods bull*shit of happily ever after, we needed this for a change.

Beautiful, clever script makes this a movie I can watch again and again. J G-L is perfect in one of his earlier roles and the evolving (and devolving) chemistry between him and Zooey is perfect. Even the abstract time line, which should be a distraction, really isnt. And as kind-of stated at the beginning (so no spoilers from me) this is a love story without a happily ever after ending.

I loved this movie the first time I watched it.... its nice to see a love story that involves a guy being the romantic .... Loved Zooey and Josephs chemistry

Saw it last night, after a while I got a bit bored and wanted to stop watching it. But in the end, it was great. I wasnt expecting that. Will be buying this soon!

i prefer this movie than fifty shades of grey

Great movie

I repeat my title: artsy references do not make for depth. Neither does a non-linear time frame, even if it is meant to evoke the way memory functions. With as common a theme as he loves her/she loves him not, this should be a character driven drama to make the audience feel the emotional conflict. The characters are too thinly drawn here to evoke that response. Honestly, I knew more about Charlie Brown, Lucy, and the red headed girl from Charles Schulzs four panel cartoons than I do about the leads in this movie. The direct camera interviews seem formulaic after TV shows like The Office. The narrator seems more like an apologist for this unsympathetic love affair than an omniscient voice. The only reason I am giving this mediocre movie two stars is the charismatic lead actors. I would like to see Zoey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in something more worthy of their talent. (And per other reviews I read, this is no comparison to Annie Hall.)

At times funny, at others trying too hard to be quirky - unsurprisingly, the cute but odd Zooey Deschanel stars - 500 Days of Summer takes a very long time to tell viewers what most know already: being in love is great, but being dumped is horrendous. Love makes you skip down the street, imaginary marching band in tow, hi-fiving strangers as animated bluejays playfully tug at loose cowlicks. Conversely, a lover scorned is a pitiful mess, incapable of rational thought or behavior, realizing egregious faults previously tolerated (like her enormous behind). Making it worse is the habit of former lovers - primarily women - wishing to be friends after carving out hears with evil, scaly, soulless talons.