A different type of Romantic Comedy

Rating: 6/10 (3 July 2013)

This movie was definitely romantic, and there were many parts that were humorous. However it was not the traditional romantic comedy film. The skipping back and forth from times that were happy and times that were difficult between Tom and Summer was a little frustrating because you want them to end up together, of course. But the movie does tell you up front that it is not a love story, so goodbye happy ending.
This was a depressing movie, because as a guy you are just willing Summer to come back to Tom. He is depressed for about half of the movie, and she keeps leading him back to crush him again.
I loved the animation transition scenes and the scoring that went with them. It also indicated the state of the relationship on that day which helped keep everything in line since the movie was not in chronological order.
The ending was a little sad since Tom had lost Summer forever,and the narrator says that he finally gave up on his dream of fate and finding "the one". However he meets a girl that appears to start a new chapter of his life. She introduces herself as Autumn and the animation changes to an fall theme and the number 500 winds back to 1. There is still hope.