(500) Days of Summer

As the narrator points out early in the movie, this is not a love story. It is however a very clever tale of 20-something angst, self-absorption, and Relationship Theory 101. I'm guessing the people who liked Zach and Mira's porno and Away We Go will most likely like, or at least relate to, this movie also. To me, this is by far the best of the three. Perhaps it's a generational thing.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel make awkward chemistry, but that is the point. While they might have been very good for each other, there were not "right" for each other. No, that should not spoil things for you if you have not seen it yet.

My favorite character however was the supportive, beyond-her-years wise, younger sister. Chloe Moretz is great, as is her character.

Musically this movie is all over the place, and yet perfect at the same time. There are tributes to French, Swedish, and other European cinema stereotypes. There is out-of-sequence storytelling, and MTV editing. There are also some very smart split-screen scenes towards the end of the movie. These are my favorites actually.

Watch this movie with someone who will not be so put off by the negative beginning that they will miss best parts of the movie.