Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg, Patricia Belcher, Rachel Boston |
| Director |
Marc Webb |
| Screenplay | Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber |
| Music | Mychael Danna, Rob Simonsen |
| Cinematography | Eric Steelberg |
| Editing | Alan Edward Bell |
| Sound formats | Dolby |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2009 |
| Produced by | Sneak Preview Entertainment, Watermark |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
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| Genre | Romance, comedy |
| Language | Some, moderate |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Mild |
| Violence | Brief, mild |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Mild |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Strongish language, sexual innuendo and adult themes, but nothing threatening or disturbing. |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Zane Henry  (Delightfully) fresh spin on tired genre | 10 |  |
| Die Burger Jeanne Calitz Dit is nuut, borrelend en uiters verfrissend | 15 |  |
| Cape TimesTold in such an inventive way | 15 | |
| Box Office Ray Greene Don’t be surprised if this Summer provides at least a somewhat hot season at the box office. | 8 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert Here is a rare movie that begins by telling us how it will end and is about how the hero has no idea why. | 20 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson | 10 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers This knockout of a movie expertly blends bliss (a dance number complete with an animated blue jay after Tom spends his first night in bed with Summer) and the blues (a split-screen segment in which Tom’s expectation of winning back Summer clashes with reality). The ending is tidy and way too cute, but (500) Days is otherwise a different kind of love story: an honest one that takes a piece out of you. | 18 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs The unexpected, delightful and completely charming surprise of the summer of 2009 for adult viewers looking for something a little different. | 15 | |
| Metacritic.com 36 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 185 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A clever, offbeat romantic comedy, 500 Days of Summer is refreshingly honest and utterly charming. | 17 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 28592 Netizens Fresh & Original Romantic Comedy | 16 | |
Average .. 73% | 15 | |