My twenty year old daughter and I had a date to see (500) Days of Summer last night: popcorn and everything, well, no butter, of course. It's a delight. Quirky, playful, serious, a film that lets the audience into the mind of a young man in love who can actually express his feelings and have real conversations with his other friends. The young man Tom is played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt who was on television in Third Rock from the Sun, a show I never watched. He is adorable, he is charming, he is sensitive, and he works as the underachieving author of mundane greeting cards. She, Summer, is played by Zooey Deschanel whose eyes take you far away, she is intricate, interesting, and her own person. Weeds fans will recognize her.
This is a love story where Summer is Sid and Tom is Nancy, from the Sex Pistols. No spoilers here, just go, enjoy, laugh, remember what it was like to be young and so wanting to be in love.
It's a summer film that will leave you feeling younger.
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