Excellent RomCom from the Male Point of View

Rating: 8/10 (6 October 2009)

I really enjoyed this film. It is funny, touching, well written and very well acted. It thankfully avoids most of the romcom clichés that we are so familiar.
The film tells of the 500 days from the first time Tom meets (and instantly falls for) Summer. In this case Tom is the hopeless romantic and Summer goes with the flow but doesn't believe in love. There is a twist by not showing the events in chronological order. So at the start of each scene we see which day of the 500 it is and therefore have a good idea of the stage the relationship is at. So we go back and forth between the good times of the early days to Tom's problems in dealing with the break up and Summer moving on.
Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon Levitt play the lead characters perfectly. You like them despite their faults and hope things work out well. However it becomes obvious that their relationship is not meant to be but hope they don't get too badly hurt. The supporting cast is always important in comedies and they are also great, especially Geoffrey Arend as one of Tom's workmates.
A romcom that both men and women will enjoy. And hopefully some women will realise that some of us men are romantic too!