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First Review: The film's opening makes it clear: This is not a love story. It is a story about love. Told in a non chronological fashion, we see 500 days in the relationship of Tom (Joseph Gordon- Levitt) and Summer (Zooey Deschanel). For those who have seen 10 Things I Hate About You, this is an evolution of that story told in a more realistic fashion. While Joseph Gordon-Levitt pretty much plays the same character, he adds gravitas to the ups and downs of relationships which all men go through at some point. Zooey Deschanel brings her playful carefree attitude to Summer, which the movie itself is quick to point out has a very strong effect over men. While most people expect this to be a love story, it's not. It's a carefully crafted story about relationships and the highs and lows we all experience and how we focus on the highs more than the lows. The quirky humor and the wittiness brought out in the film covers the very introspective dissection of a relationship. While the ending is somewhat expected, it serves as the movies last laugh. A must see for romantics, indie film appreciators and mainstream audiences alike, this movie is the guide to growing up all boys need to become men. Especially, once they see the Plate scene
Category: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Release Year: 2009
Country:USA
Runtime: 95 minutes
Rating: 8.4/10
Languages: English
Director:
Sound: Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS
Writing by :
Scott Neustadter
Michael H. Weber
Produced by:
Veronica Brooks
Scott Hyman
Mason Novick
Jessica Tuchinsky
Mark Waters
Steven J. Wolfe
Music By:
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 - 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
Maile Flanagan - Rhoda
Darryl Sivad - Usher
Gregory Thompson - Minister (as Gregory A. Thompson)
Michael Bodie - Man
John Mackey - Mime
Jacob Stroop - Cupid
Kevin Michael - Wedding Singer
Sid Wilner - Grossman
Richard McGonagle - Narrator
Jean-Paul Vignon - French Narrator (voice)
Olivia Howard Bagg - Summer - Age 12
Jennifer Hetrick - Sarah
Kenneth Hughes - Dancer
Kevin Leung - Chinese Father
Nathan Prevost - Dancer
Eileen Reardon - Zooey Deschanel Look -alike
Jason Robinson - The Puma
Charles Walker - Millie's New Husband
Joshua Collins - Co-worker 3
Danny J. Dolan - Alto Sax Guy #1
Adam Emery - Tom age 12
Lexy Hulme - Dancer
Janis Jones - Greeting Card Company Employee
Michael Justice - Rooftop guy #1
Kayla Gwyneth Morrisey - Girl on the Stairs
Keisha Ramdhanie - Wedding guests
Justin Ruse - Costume Character
Wes Sabo - Summer's Party Guest
Georja Umano - French lady
Pleasant Wayne - Tavern Patron
Maurice Webster - Wedding Guest
Kathryn Weisbeck - Summer Lookalike
Leland White - Wedding Guest
Jon Morgan Woodward - Wedding guest
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Plot: (500) Days of Summer is presented in a non-chronological format, each scene being introduced by which of the 500 days it is. The plot as given here has been rearranged in chronological order. The film opens with day 488 with a scene where Tom and Summer are seated at a bench, and the audience sees Summer's ringed finger as the two hold hands.
Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is in a meeting when his boss (Clark Gregg) introduces the board room to Summer (Zooey Deschanel), his new assistant. He is immediately taken by Summer's beauty. Tom talks to his friends about how much he likes Summer. He plays things cool at first, but is convinced she is "the one" based on their mutual love of The Smiths. He spends two weeks pining over her and executing awkward attempts to initiate conversation, but can't hit a chord. An opportunity arises when the entire office goes out to a karaoke bar.
Tom arrives at the bar as his best friend Mckenzie is singing. He sees Summer and she seems happy to see him. Summer sings a song, and she sits and talks with Tom and Mckenzie. Mckenzie initially breaks the ice asking Summer if she has a boyfriend. The three continue to talk about love, during which Tom and Summer argue over whether or not love is real, with Summer saying it isn't while Tom says it is. The two agree to disagree. While helping Mckenzie to a cab, Mckenzie tells Summer that Tom likes her. Summer asks if it is true and Tom, after some coaxing from Summer, says that he likes her (but adds "as friends"). Summer calls him "very interesting" and leaves Tom standing there. The next day at work, she kisses him in the copy room. Once Summer's copies are finished, she simply ignores Tom and leaves.
Summer and Tom go out and have fun in the city. As they spend more time together, they become closer. Summer shares her most intimate thoughts and stories with him, while Tom takes her to his favorite spot in the city and tells her about how he was studying to become an architect before he ran out of money and was forced to work for the Card Company to sustain himself. As the two walk around a furniture store, they joke about living as a married couple in the store's demonstration rooms, but as they're about to kiss on a bed in a store, Summer makes it clear that she isn't looking for anything serious. Tom simply accepts her wish for a casual relationship, not wanting to push her away, but secretly thinking he's different. They return to Tom's bedroom and start to make out on his bed. He goes into the bathroom and convinces himself that it's just casual fun, reminding himself to just take it slow. He returns to find her lying naked under the covers.
He walks out the next morning, dancing and upbeat. He's in love with Summer and on top of the world. After a singing and dancing scene, Tom arrives at work and starts suggesting high quality copy for cards, all the while thinking of Summer.
Things go well for a few weeks. However, one night in a bar, a random guy starts hitting on Summer. The random guy says he's never seen her before, so Summer replies that he clearly wasn't looking. She makes it clear she isn't interested, but he won't believe she's with Tom. After insulting him a little more, Tom stands up and punches the man. He awkwardly smiles at Summer before the man gets up and retaliates. She takes Tom to her apartment and yells at him since she thought he was not acting cool and only got into a fight for himself. She continues to try and tell him that his fighting was unnecessary anyway because she and Tom are "just friends." Tom yells that everything they are doing is not a friendship, and that even though she does not want to label things, he thinks that they are in a relationship because Summer is not the only one who gets a say. He storms out.
The two go to bed in their separate apartments. Tom contemplates calling her, but doesn't. After falling asleep, he awakes to his doorbell and finds Summer, who apologizes. He mentions that he just wants to know that she won't wake up one morning and feel differently, and she admits that no one can give him that. Despite this, he accepts her apology and the two go to bed together in his apartment. Weeks pass. Summer and Tom go out and see a film. She starts crying as she sees the ending of The Graduate, as Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross escape a wedding and their looks of joy and excitement slowly vanish. Summer tells Tom that she's exhausted and wants to sleep, but Tom convinces her to go get pancakes with him. Whilst waiting for their order, Summer blurts out that she thinks they should stop seeing each other. Tom is taken aback and asks why if they were so happy. Summer says that she isn't happy. As the pancakes arrive, Tom stands up and leaves. Summer tells him not to leave because he is still her best friend.
Tom's friends call his little sister Rachel, who makes him explain what happened. He recounts the break up and is adamant that he does not want to get over her, but get her back. His depression worsens and begins to affect his work. Tom's boss calls him in and he asks if his performance is related to Summer leaving. Tom tries to play it off, but his boss tells him that everyone knows. It is made clear that Summer also quit her job at the card company.
Months pass. One of Tom's co-workers is getting married. While getting on the train to the ceremony, he sees Summer. He attempts to hide the fact he notices her, but she sees him and approaches. They talk and go get a coffee. The entire weekend is spent together. At the wedding reception, they discuss some of the complaints they had about each other during their relationship, but in a very heartfelt and caring way. After she accepts his invitation to dance, she invites Tom to a party she is hosting at her place the following week. Tom is hopeful.
Tom's has high hopes for the evening but the reality is quite different. He barely talks to Summer and finds comfort within the bottle. He sees Summer showing off an engagement ring to a friend, and angrily leaves without a word.
Tom spends the next five days in a catatonic state. He leaves the apartment once to buy orange juice, Twinkies and Jack Daniel's whiskey. He eventually returns to work, just in time for the weekly presentations. Mckenzie reminds him that today is the day they present their pitches for new cards. Halfway through the presentation, Tom decides that his beliefs of love, fate, and relationships were wrong. He gives the board a passionate speech about how their company is comfortable feeding people lies and that they are the reason people have such unrealistic expectations. He quits and leaves. The board is left stunned as Mckenzie awkwardly claps at his friend's departure.
Tom is seen struggling with his depression. He slowly begins to take steps to help himself. Rachel tells him that he should think back and stop ignoring the bad things that happened during his relationship with Summer. He realizes that there was always something Summer was holding back and kept her from truly being "in" the relationship. He begins to take up architecture again. He trashes his apartment and begins drawing on the walls and designing. He slowly builds up a portfolio and makes a list of firms to present his work at. One by one he is rejected. Once the firms dwindle to a handful, Tom begins to lose hope.
Tom goes to the bench at his favorite part of the city. He's gazing down at some of the buildings when Summer calls out to him. She compliments his looks and tells him she knows he's angry. She also tells him that she's happy to see he's doing alright. Tom confesses that he now realizes that all his ideas about love were wrong. Summer points out that while he might have been wrong about her, she believes him to be right about love and fate. The girl who didn't want to be anyone's girlfriend was now someone's wife. She tells him that with her husband, she knew what she was never sure of with Tom: that she was in love with him and wanted to spend the rest of her life with him. She also tells Tom that if there's no destiny, she might have easily never randomly met him in a coffeehouse. She tries to hold his unresponsive hand and squeezes it before telling him that she needs to go. Tom tells her he's truly happy that she's happy. She smiles and leaves Tom.
Tom is waiting at job interview, a girl across the waiting room calls out to him and asks if they've met. She tells him that she's seen him sitting on a bench in Tom's favorite spot, which is coincidentally her favorite spot as well. Tom says he's never seen her before, so she replies that he clearly wasn't looking. Tom jokes that since she's the competition, he hopes she doesn't get the job. She returns the wish. The interviewer calls Tom in, but as he's walking he turns back and asks the girl to get some coffee afterward. She tells him that she is meeting someone. As Tom turns around, she agrees and says they'll work it out. Tom smiles and introduces himself. She smiles and introduces herself as Autumn. The counter then reverts to day 1.
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