(500) Days of Summer -7.5
Glad I saw this with my wife because, whereas I saw Summer as gorgeous perfection, too good for any guy in this movie, my wife saw Summer as vapid, emotionally withholding, not worthy of Tom, whom I saw as a feckless twerp. Of course, we were both right, which is a testament to the fine acting performance by Zooey Deschanel, and to the difference between the sexes. None of the situations in the movie bore any relation to reality, as I know it – a greeting-card company where a dozen people sit in cubicles to come up with “I Love Us”?, c’mon! – which made the realism of the boy-girl relationship all the more compelling. Cute, well acted, not too deep – a sweet time at the movies and a nice first feature from director Marc Webb.
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