This is not a love story. This is a story about love.|Jul. 17, 2009|USA|95 Min.|PG-13
Genre: Comedy;Drama;Romance
Description: 500 Days of Summer is a 2009 romantic comedy-drama film. The story begins on January 8 when Tom Hansen meets Summer Finn, his boss’s new assistant. Tom, a trained architect, works as a writer at a greeting card company in Los Angeles. After discovering they share a similar taste in music, they discuss their views on love during a karaoke night. Tom believes in love, while Summer does not. When Tom’s friend McKenzie drunkenly reveals that Tom has feelings for Summer, Tom insists they are just friends, and Summer agrees. However, a few days later, Summer kisses Tom at the office. Over the next few months, their relationship grows closer.
Tom takes Summer to his favorite spot in the city, a park bench with a view of buildings he admires, though it’s partially obscured by parking lots. As their relationship progresses, Tom’s friends and his younger sister Rachel encourage him to define his relationship with Summer. Summer dismisses this, stating that as long as they are both happy, labels shouldn’t matter. One night, Tom gets into a fight with a man who flirts with Summer at a bar, leading to their first argument. They reconcile, and Summer acknowledges that Tom deserves some certainty but argues it’s impossible to promise eternal feelings.
On day 290 of their relationship, they are at a café. Tom wants to go back to Summer’s place, but she insists on watching *The Graduate*. Summer is moved to tears by the film’s ending, which surprises Tom, who always saw it as a romantic story. Later, at a record store, Summer seems distant and uninterested in Tom. She kisses him goodnight, and they go to a diner, where she casually ends their relationship, stating it hasn’t been working. Devastated, Tom falls into a deep depression.
The film explores the complexities of love, expectations, and emotional connections, offering a bittersweet perspective on modern relationships.
Cast director: Marc Webb
Cast actor: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Chloë Grace Moretz, Geoffrey Arend, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg, Patricia Belcher, Rachel Boston, Minka Kelly, Ian Reed Kesler
Original name: (500) Days of Summer