Tragi-Rom-Com

Rating: 7/10 (26 August 2012)

'500 Days of Summer' is a quirky little story about a man who falls in love with a woman who doesn't really believe in love. It's a really enjoyable film to watch simply because it's different.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt acts really well in this and can be quite funny. You can tell he and Zooey Deschanel are good friends because they work really well on screen together. Deschanel is good; she portrays her character very well as you genuinely dislike her by the end of the film and are glad to see the ending be that they don't stay together just because she is such a nasty piece of work. I will note that this is the third or fourth film of Deschanels' that I've seen her sing. Despite her being able to hold a tune I don't understand why this is included in all of her films. It would be interesting to find out if it is the directors or Deschanel herself who request this to be added into the scripts (sometimes a little hurriedly).
The layout of the film can be a little confusing to follow because the story is broken up into several pieces and they are not played in chronological order. It is a very clever way to lay out the film however and it did work really well for this.
Overall, this is a delightful little film that deserves a bit more recognition.