500 Days Of Summer
Tom (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a once architect who now writes greeting cards for a living, falls head over heels for new girl Summer (Zooey Deschanel). Problem is, Summer doesn't believe in love...
The story, told in a nonlinear fashion, is not the typical boy meets girl movie, and thank God, as we get to avoid all the usual clichés. As we move through the titular 500 days, little known director Marc Webb (who? Watch this space) does a fantastic job of making sure we can still follow the story, and afterwards you can't help think it wouldn't have worked as well simply travelling from Day 1 to 500.
Zooey Deshanel can do kooky and adorable in her sleep, and she brings warmth to a character that has the potential to leave audiences detached. Gordon-Levitt is of course his usual excellent self and has fun with the character (watch for the High School Musical inspired dance scene), but there are one or two faults, such as how a 12 year old girl knows more about love and relationships than the rest of the cast combined. Aside from this mis-step, it's another well chosen, solid movie by Gordon-Levitt who seems to have developed a knack for such things, and Itchy suggests that Marc Webb is a director to keep an eye on.
Steve Adams
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