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Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) falls for a pretty woman (Zooey Deschanel) who isn’t so sure in “(The 500) Days of Summer.” |
“(500) Days of Summer” traces a greeting card writer’s romance that lasts exactly 500 days from the moment that Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) lays eyes on the beguiling Summer (Zooey Deschanel) at his office.
OK, I wasn’t expecting much from this movie. It’s directed by Marc Webb, a noted music video maker, and noted music video makers tend to make erratic features that look snazzy, but can’t carry a plot or support the characters beyond a pithy opening comment or two.
So, I was surprised when “(500) Days of Summer” turned out to be one of the freshest, most inventively rendered romantic comedies I have seen at least in the last 10 years.
It’s filled with crackling wit, excellent performances, and two complex, contradictory main characters who act like they’ve been snatched from real life, instead of being dragged from a screenwriter’s stock character warehouse. (Read more…)