500 Days of Summer

If you are the target group for this, I would say 20s-early 30s, you will probably like this. I do not fall into that group, and found it dull until near the end. Give me Zooey's sister Emily in Bones any day. Zooey appears fragile to me and Emily is strong.

Plot: "After it looks as if she's left his life for good this time, Tom Hansen reflects back on the just over one year that he knew Summer Finn. Despite being physically average in almost every respect, Summer had always attracted the attention of men, Tom included. For Tom, it was love at first sight when she walked into the greeting card company where he worked, she the new administrative assistant. Soon, Tom knew that Summer was the woman with whom he wanted to spend the rest of his life. Although Summer did not believe in relationships or boyfriends - in her assertion, real life will always ultimately get in the way - Tom and Summer became more than just friends. Through the trials and tribulations of Tom and Summer's so-called relationship, Tom could always count on the advice of his two best friends, McKenzie and Paul. However, it is Tom's adolescent sister, Rachel, who is his voice of reason. After all is said and done, Tom is the one who ultimately has to make the choice to listen or not." - IMDB

The movie was very wishy washy and not a lot happened - just like life at times. The movie had music I didn't particularly appreciate except the older stuff. There were two characters is I did like and that was Rachel - Tom's younger sister and Paul (Matthew Gray Gubler) who plays Dr. Spencer Reid in Criminal Minds. The movie drifts along showning key moments out of sequence in Tom and Summer's relationship.

Towards the end, I thought it was more a story about two people at different points in their life. Summer says she does not want a serious relationship because she has not found the person she wants to spend her life with. Tom on the other hand has found in Summer exactly who he wants to spend his life with. Their "tug of war" goes backwards and forwards until of course somehting has to give.

Tom finally follows Rachel's advice.

It is supposed to be a "post-modern romance" - fine for some, but dull for me.