One of the finest romantic comedies ever

Rating: 8/10 (13 August 2019)

I absolutely love this movie. From the very beginning the movie introduces its very personal sense of humour. I've seen the movie more than ten times by now and I laugh every time just as much as watching it the first time.
I usually dislike nonlinear storytelling in movies, since mostly the nonlinear story just ends up "spoiling" scenes that would've had more impact when told in linear order. In the beginning the movie tells you that it's not a love story, and 500 Days of Summer's humour justifies the nonlinear story. The movie handles the nonlinearity very well with a plenty of nice scenes where Marc Webb utilizes the possibilities of audiovisual storytelling greatly. With a great soundtrack the personal scenes feel even stronger.
The actors do a great job, no matter how small their part. There isn't a single bad performance in the movie, everyone fits the personal tone of the movie. The movie is also very quotable!
My only two major complaints is that the penultimate scene at the bench is the only scene which doesn't fit the movie too well. Summer's explanation about her sudden change of mind is left pretty shallow. Luckily the very last scene saves this, since it again supports the basic structure of the movie perfectly with the personal humour and the completion of the day-by-day narrative.
The other complaint is that if you don't enjoy the story the movie might feel too much like a series of scenes instead of a solid one movie. I personally enjoy the solution of showing the literal numbered days of Summer, but if someone doesn't enjoy the movie because of this, I undestand them fully.
8/10.