(500) Days of Summer

"Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't."

2009 1h 35m EN

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★7.3TMDB · 11,358

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Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom rediscovers his true passions in life.

“Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.”

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Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Tom
Zooey Deschanel
Summer
Geoffrey Arend
McKenzie
Chloë Grace Moretz
Rachel
Matthew Gray Gubler
Paul
Clark Gregg
Vance
Patricia Belcher
Millie
Rachel Boston
Alison

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Marc Webb
Writers: Michael H. Weber, Scott Neustadter
Languages: English, French, Swedish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 8.1× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, French, Swedish.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Marc Webb, shot by Eric Steelberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mychael Danna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Alan Edward Bell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel and Geoffrey Arend carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Marc Webb directs. Eric Steelberg behind the camera. Mychael Danna scores. Alan Edward Bell cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French, Swedish.

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1Made its money back 8.1× over at the box office.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, French, Swedish.
4Directed by Marc Webb, shot by Eric Steelberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mychael Danna. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Alan Edward Bell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel and Geoffrey Arend carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn't.".
9IMDB entry: tt1022603 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1011,358 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
11Classified under 15 themes, including "jealousy", "gallery", "fight", "date".
12Released under 15 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Eric Steelberg
Original score: Mychael Danna
Editing: Alan Edward Bell
Production design: Laura Fox
Costume design: Hope Hanafin
Sound: Piero Mura
Stunt coordinator: Al Goto
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $7,500,000
Box office: $60,781,545
Return: 810% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: (500) Days of Summer (2009)

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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r96sk2021-05-08
★ 8/10
Fun film. <em>'(500) Days of Summer'</em> impressed me. It features a fairly unique and a pretty refreshing romcom story, which is told in an interesting way. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Tom) is very good, as is co-star Zooey Deschanel (Summer). The pacing is good, as are the comedic aspects. All in all it's a pleasant watch.
Peter McGinn2021-12-02
★ 6/10
I recently had the opportunity to watch this movie again, many years removed from the first time I saw it. I was surprised how few details I remembered. During the movie’s sharpest moments, the dialogue is witty and fun. The story bounces around back and forth along the 500 day timeline they have measured out for the relationship between the two main characters. The device works; we get to see the state of their couple-ness at various points. It is, most of the time entertaining. But I have to say, as much as I like Zooey in her role (and this time around I know her from her great work in Elf), I was less than dazzled by our hero. I found him to be rather pathetic and despite the fun the two characters shared at times, it felt to me there was not much chemistry between the two, except when Zooey’s character exerted herself in his direction. Perhaps that was intended, given the arc of the plot. As I said above, the movie was entertaining, but ultimately I wasn’t satisfied with the ending. How it turned out for both characters, while believable when looked at from afar, came across as sudden and a little lame. More groundwork should have be laid out for where they stood at the end.
lovebombing4him2023-08-07
When I suffer from love pain after any breakup and cry for days, when I build scenarios in my head and upset myself again, I will remember (500) days of summer and I realised much better that there is nothing I need to upset myself so much, because I have experienced that new people will come up and make me happy and even make me sad.