(500) Days of Summer (2009)

Directed by

Marc Webb

Genre

comedy film, comedy drama, romantic comedy, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 11,113 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man looks back on his relationship with a woman he was deeply in love with. He pieces together the highs and lows of their time together out of order.

bittersweetwittynonlinearintrospectiveplayfulmelancholicthoughtfulrealistic

What happens

(500) Days of Summer is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Marc Webb in his feature directorial debut, written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, and produced by Mark Waters. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel as Tom and Summer respectively, and in a nonlinear narrative structure, Tom chronicles the story of his relationship with Summer. As an independent production, the film was picked up for distribution by Fox Searchlight Pictures and premiered at the 25th Sundance Film Festival. It received positive critical reviews and became a successful "sleeper hit", earning $60.7 million in worldwide returns, far exceeding its $7.5 million budget. Many critics lauded the film as one of the best from 2009 and drew comparisons to other acclaimed films such as Annie Hall (1977) and High Fidelity (2000). The movie is considered a cult classic. The film received Best Original Screenplay and Best Screenplay awards at the 14th Satellite Awards and 25th Independent Spirit Awards, respectively, as well as two nominations at the 67th Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Musical or Comedy (Gordon-Levitt). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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