(500) Days of Summer Critic Reviews

Here is a rare movie that begins by telling us how it will end and is about how the hero has no idea why.Read the full review

It's a feat of star acting, and it helps make (500) Days not just bitter or sweet but everything in between.Read the full review

Something seldom seen: an original romantic comedy.Read the full review

Much like Annie Hall did for a previous generation, (500) Days of Summer may be the movie that best captures a contemporary romantic sensibility.Read the full review

A different kind of love story: an honest one that takes a piece out of you.Read the full review

The casting is perfect. Webb has chosen leads who are familiar but not overexposed, and who are on equal footing (neither overshadows the other).Read the full review

The writing is often clever and the overall production playful and intelligent.Read the full review

It's an "Annie Hall" for the iPod generation: über-designed, pleasing to the touch, making up in generic sweetness what it lacks in bite.Read the full review

An irresistible feel-good movie about love gone bad.Read the full review