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(500) Days of Summer
Promotional film poster
Directed byMarc Webb
Written byScott Neustadter
Michael H. Weber
Produced byMark Waters
Mason Novick
Jessica Tuchinsky
Steven J. Wolfe
StarringJoseph Gordon-Levitt
Zooey Deschanel
CinematographyEric Steelberg
Edited byAlan Edward Bell
Music byMychael Danna
Rob Simonsen
Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
Release dates
July 17, 2009 (limited)
August 7, 2009 (wide)
September 2, 2009 (UK)
September 17, 2009 (Australia)
September 30, 2009 (France)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryTemplate:FilmUS
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7,500,000 [1]
Box office$30,052,000 (domestic)[2]

(500) Days of Summer is a Template:Fy American romantic comedy film. It was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, directed by Marc Webb, produced by Mark Waters, and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. Principal photography began in April 2008 in Los Angeles, California. The film opened in US limited release on July 17, 2009,[3] September 2, 2009 in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and was released in Australia on September 17, 2009.[4]

Plot

The film is presented in a nonlinear narrative, this summary is a linear version of the events of the film

On January 8, Tom Hanson (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) meets Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel), the new assistant to his boss (Clark Gregg). Tom trained as an architect but works as a writer at a greeting card company.

One month later following a karaoke night Tom's co-worker, McKenzie (Geoffrey Arend), lets slip that Tom is attracted to Summer. Over the next few months Summer and Tom grow closer, despite Summer making it clear to Tom that she does not believe in true love, and does not want a boyfriend.

Tom shows Summer his favorite spot in the city, which looks out over a number of buildings he likes, although the view is spoiled by car parks. After a few weeks dating Tom gets into a fight with a guy chatting up Summer, and they have their first argument.

On day 290 Summer and Tom split up after they see The Graduate, a film which Tom thinks shows true love. Tom does not take the break up well and Tom's friends call his younger sister, Rachel (Chloë Moretz), to calm him down.

Summer quits the greeting card company and Tom's boss moves him to consolations, as his depression is not suitable for happier events.

Months later Summer and Tom attend the wedding of a co-worker, they dance at the wedding and Summer catches the bouquet. They sit next to each other on the journey home and Summer invites Tom to a party at her apartment for the Friday. Tom attends the party and sees that Summer is wearing an engagement ring. Realising what is being celebrated, he leaves the party.

Tom enters a deep depression only leaving the house for alcohol and junk food. After a few days he returns to work, drunk, and quits his job. He sets about re-applying himself to architecture and makes a list of firms, and begins to attend interviews.

On day 488 he meets Summer at his favorite spot and they reconcile, he wishes her well. Twelve days later he attends a job interview and meets a girl (Minka Kelly), who is also going for the same job. Before entering the interview he makes a date to have coffee with her afterward. He asks her for her name, and she replies "Autumn."

Cast

Production

Writing

The style of film is presented in a nonlinear narrative, each scene is introduced using a title card showing which of the 500 days it is.

The film begins with a disclaimer: "Any resemblance to people living or dead is purely accidental ... Especially you, Jenny Beckman ... Bitch".[5] Co-writer of the film Scott Neustadter, admitted the film was based on a real romance. Neustadter explains that when he met the real girl who inspired the character Summer as a student at the London School of Economics in 2002, he was rebounding from a bad breakup back home, and promptly fell "crazily, madly, hopelessly in love" with the girl who "returned his kisses but not his ardor." The relationship ended "painfully and unforgettably awful," which prompted him to co-write the film with Michael H. Weber. When Neustadter later showed the script to her, she said she related more to the Tom character.[6]

Marketing

To help promote the film, Gordon-Levitt and Deschanel starred in the debut episode of Microsoft Zune and Mean Magazine's "Cinemash" series. In the episode, they "mash" the characters from the film Sid and Nancy with story elements from 500 Days of Summer.[7] Also, Marc Webb created a music video as a companion piece to the film, titled "The Bank Heist" featuring Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt dancing to "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" a song by Deschanel's folk group She & Him.[8]

Reception

Critical reception has been very positive. It received an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 169 reviews, with the consensus describing it as "A clever, offbeat romantic comedy."[9] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 76 based on 36 reviews.[10]

Critic Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a full four stars out of four.[11]

Entertainment Weekly critic Owen Gleiberman gave the film an "A," calling it: "enchantingly original and romantic."[12]

Michael Ordoña from Los Angeles Times stated: "(500) Days of Summer is something seldom seen: an original romantic comedy."[13]

The New York Times gave the film a positive review as well.[14]

Dana Stevens from Slate called it "almost a classic romantic comedy" and added: "(500) Days of Summer, the feature film debut of director Mark Webb, is to a great romantic comedy as sparkling wine is to real Champagne. Both are sweet, effervescent, and tasty on the way down, but the real thing comes by its bubbles honestly, through long fermentation in the bottle, while the lesser stuff gets its sparkle from artificial injections of CO2. Real champagne is a rare and lasting joy; inexpensive sparkling wine tends to go flat quickly and leave behind a sugary hangover."[15]

The A.V. Club gave the film a "B-," [16] and Rolling Stone three and a half stars (out of four): "Boy meets girl, boy loses girl. It's been done to emo death. That's why the sublimely smart-sexy-joyful-sad (500) Days of Summer hits you like a blast of pure romantic oxygen" and concludes: "(500) Days is otherwise a different kind of love story: an honest one that takes a piece out of you."[17]

Film Threat called it: "the best romantic comedy since Love Actually (2003)."[18]

NPR called it "Nora Ephron for the hipster set.": "For all its rhetorical whimsy and hipster dressings, (500) Days of Summer is a thoroughly conservative affair, as culturally and romantically status quo as any Jennifer Aniston vehicle." [19]

Music

The film features a fantastical musical sequence after Tom and Summer spend the night together. As Tom walks to work he is overjoyed and struts down the street in a grand musical number set to the Hall and Oates song "You Make My Dreams" and others join his dance.[20]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for the film was released on July 14, 2009.[21] The soundtrack has peaked at #71 on the U.S. Billboard 200.

  1. "A Story of Boy Meets Girl" - Mychael Danna and Rob Simonsen
  2. "Us" - Regina Spektor
  3. "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" - The Smiths
  4. "Bad Kids" - Black Lips
  5. "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" - The Smiths
  6. "There Goes the Fear" - Doves
  7. "You Make My Dreams" - Hall & Oates
  8. "Sweet Disposition" - The Temper Trap
  9. "Quelqu'un m'a dit" - Carla Bruni
  10. "Mushaboom" - Feist
  11. "Hero" - Regina Spektor
  12. "Bookends" - Simon & Garfunkel
  13. "Vagabond" - Wolfmother
  14. "She's Got You High" - Mumm-Ra
  15. "Here Comes Your Man" - Meaghan Smith
  16. "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" - She & Him

Additional tracks

  1. "Here Comes Your Man" - Joseph Gordon-Levitt
  2. "Sugar Town" - Zooey Deschanel
  3. "At Last" - Kevin Michael

Additional tracks are offerred as a bonus on iTunes.

References

  1. ^ "(500) Days of Summer (2009) - Box Office Mojo". Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "(500) Days of Summer (2009)". Archived from the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2009-08-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "500 Days of Summer". Fox Searchlight Pictures. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  4. ^ "AUGUST 1999". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-08-05. Retrieved 2009-08-03. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "500 Days of ... Jenny Beckman? - Cinematical". Archived from the original on 2009-09-21. Retrieved 2009-09-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Suck on it, Jenny Beckman - Broadsheet - Salon.com". Archived from the original on 2009-09-21. Retrieved 2009-09-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ http://movies.msn.com/cinemash/?silentchk=1&
  8. ^ A new dance video from '(500) Days of Summer' director Marc Webb
  9. ^ "500 Days of Summer (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 7, 2009.
  10. ^ "(500) Days of Summer". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2009-09-27. Retrieved September 22, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Roger Ebert "500 Days of Summer" Review, Chicago Sun Times, July 15, 2009". Archived from the original on 2009-08-16. Retrieved 2009-08-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ EW Review, August 10, 2009. Accessed 2009-08-10. Archived 2009-08-13.
  13. ^ LA Times Review, August 10, 2009. Accessed 2009-08-10. Archived 2009-08-13.
  14. ^ NY Times Review, August 10, 2009
  15. ^ Slate Review, August 10, 2009. Accessed 2009-08-10. Archived 2009-08-13.
  16. ^ The A.V. Club Review, August 10, 2009. Accessed 2009-08-10. Archived 2009-08-13.
  17. ^ Rolling Stone Review, August 10, 2009
  18. ^ Film Threat, August 10, 2009. Accessed 2009-08-10. Archived 2009-08-13.
  19. ^ NPR, July 16, 2009. Accessed 2009-09-30.
  20. ^ http://www.what-song.com/movie/title.php?Title=500%20Days%20of%20Summer
  21. ^ "500 Days of Summer Soundtrack". 500DAYS.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
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