Movie Review: 500 Days of Summer

I have to say, I found this movie to be a bit of a snooze-fest. I struggled to stay awake during the film, which jumped through time, yet beleagued the pace of story-telling. I could have left the room for half an hour, let the movie run and not have missed any of the plot. Joseph Gordon-Levitt resembled the wooden acting technique of Keanu Reeves and lacked all the charm he displayed in the late 90's film, 10 Things I Hate About You (maybe because I was 13 I thought he was charming). For a non-traditional love story, 500 Days of Summer was traditionally boring - unlikeable characters and no action. Stories without action can be compelling, but this was not one of them.

 

- KER