A confusing, incomplete, haphazard mess

Rating: 1/10 (25 April 2017)

I love Zooey Deschanel in New Girl, so I was looking forward to watching this - especially because the critics love it. I was massively disappointed by this boring, confusing film which jumps back and forth in time at random, showing a minority of the 500 days of the relationship between the two protagonists. Even if you played the days in order, it would still be severely incomplete and not entertaining. This film was misleadingly promoted as a lighthearted romcom with a likable female lead. In fact, there's very little humour in this miserable drama. It's not sexy or romantic. Neither character is likable and they're not suited as a couple. The acting and writing are awful.
All the way through, Summer says she doesn't believe in love, yet Tom keeps trying to make her fall in love with him. After they split, she quickly falls in love with someone else, which only serves to make her character even more unlikeable.