(500) Days of Summer (2009)

(500) Days of Summer rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.6/10· 613K votes

Rotten Tomatoes86%

Metacritic76%

TMDb7.3/10· 11K votes

With 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.6/10 on IMDb and 76/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About (500) Days of Summer

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.

Cast of (500) Days of Summer

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  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  as Tom

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  Zooey Deschanel

  as Summer

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  Geoffrey Arend

  as McKenzie

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  Chloë Grace Moretz

  as Rachel

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  Matthew Gray Gubler

  as Paul

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  Clark Gregg

  as Vance

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  Patricia Belcher

  as Millie

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  Rachel Boston

  as Alison

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  Minka Kelly

  as Autumn

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  Charles Walker

  as Millie's New Husband

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  Ian Reed Kesler

  as Douche

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  Darryl Alan Reed

  as Bus Driver

(500) Days of Summer facts

Budget

$7.5M

Box office

$60.8M

Our take on (500) Days of Summer

Marc Webb's 2009 romantic comedy-drama follows Tom, a greeting-card writer and incurable romantic, blindsided when his girlfriend Summer abruptly ends things. Sifting through their 500 days together in shuffled, non-linear fragments, he tries to pinpoint where the relationship soured and, along the way, rediscovers what he actually wants from life. The scrambled chronology lets the film contrast hope against hindsight, gently puncturing the idea of a fated love story. It suits viewers who like bittersweet, character-driven romance with a wry sense of humour and no obligation to end tidily. Come for the charm; stay for its honest, slightly rueful look at how people misread each other.