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Sundance Review: 500 Days of Summer

the feel-good, fox searchlight-y film of the commemoration, 500 days of summer is like when harry met sally … if sally turned around and repeatedly stabbed harry in the centre with a toothpick. it’s an anti-fairytale about a boy who falls head over adorn shoes for the friendly of girl who doesn’t rely upon in love or fate or any of those cheesy words we often hear mentioned over and over again in this kind of made-up comedy. and yes, 500 days of summer comes with its own cola-centric, gotta-contact-it-on-itunes soundtrack, like a garden aver or a juno or a wackness. it’s sure to depict in a large fanbase full of those seeking a hip, this-is-what-it’s-really-go for story about the trials and tribulations of a relationship in 2009 — but if you dig a little deeper, you’ll realize it doesn’t verbalize anything new about boy meets girl; instead, it wins on its audience with a spoonful of style and a giant plateful of visual gimmicks that, honestly, invent it a pretty merriment flick to regard for an hour and a half. yes, we all know there aren’t 500 days in summer (the season), so obviously we’re talking just about a person — and summer (zooey deschanel) is the product of divorce; a smart, independent woman who isn’t tied interested in entertaining the sentiment of love. tom (joseph gordon levitt), on the other hand, has this rash raison d’etre that he’s going to one period situation his soul mate and the two will live gladly ever after forever and ever and ever. tom understands this may be a bit unrepresentative, but he blames movies, music and television object of corrupting his idea of what love should done look like. and yes, those 500 days define the origination, middle and end of tom and summer — as the layer so boldly tells us right-wing up main: this is not a be captivated by exclusive.

Filed under: Comedy, Romance, Sundance, Theatrical Reviews, Fox Searchlight, Sundance Reviews 2009

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