A film that will stick with you long after the credits roll

Rating: 10/10 (16 September 2019)

After finishing '(500) Days of Summer' I thought to myself what an incredible film it was and decided on rating it a 9/10. Then as the night went on the film just wouldn't leave my mind. Little thoughts and moments kept creeping back into my mind for further analysis. After a few hours of this I realised I had no choice but to boost it to a 10/10. Any film that can stick with you this powerfully is a pretty unique and special thing.
The film has narration (some of the best narration of I've ever heard in a film) and one of the first things said is a warning to the audience that this isn't a love story. At that point I realised this film was going to be something special. It wasn't going to play to the Hollywood formulas that we have all become so accustomed to. In fact it's one of the more unique films I can ever remember seeing. And what makes it so unique is that it isn't afraid to be raw and powerful and let you personally feel the pain the characters feel.
There's so much to love about this film. The soundtrack is amazing, the humour is genuinely hilarious, the chemistry between the two leads, the brilliant story structure that lets you compare the good times to the bad and the unique scene ideas like Reality vs Expectation that can be analysed time and time again. If you are like me and never saw this when it first came out please take the time now to do so. It is so very worth it.