500 Days of Summer

Most of the time, when looking back into a previous failed relationship, we tend to jump around the timeline of events. We never really start at the beginning, but dig deep into the pool of memories we've created with this person. Sometimes we remember the magical moments that made you fight for the survival of the relationship, other times, we tend to focus on the moments that lead to its destruction.  That is why 500 Days of Summer's non linear plot works so well with the story. It deals with the break up just like you would deal with one in real life,

Tom Hansen is the everyday guy who gets the not-so everyday girl. Joseph Gordon Levitt really captures Tom's demeanor so much that you believe this could be Levitt in real life. 

We've all known a women like Summer. A women that completely infatuates us from the moment she walks into our lives. For a man like Tom, she is that image of the "perfect girlfriend," a beautiful, intelligent, funny and at times corky and eccentric female that gets all your pop culture references and comes equip with witty one liners of her own. Zooey Deschanel was casting gold for this role.

500 Days of Summer comes to us more like a coming of age story than a romantic one, since it is through Tom's eyes that we ride along this familiar road of found and lost love.