(500) Days Of Summer: 18 Important Lessons About Love That This Unconventional Rom-Com Taught Us
A cult classic about getting over a breakup, 500 Days of Summer has taught us a lot of lessons on love. Here are some of the most important ones.
500 Days of Summer (2009)
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, 500 Days of Summer follows Tom Hansen, an employee at a greeting card company who meets and falls in love with Summer Finn at work, beginning a fraught relationship with her that lasts for 500 days. The film's story is mostly told in flashbacks, with Tom telling his friends and his young sister about his relationship with Summer in the present. Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler, and Minka Kelly make up the supporting cast.
(500) Days of Summer
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- Director
- Marc Webb
- Release Date
- July 17, 2009
- Cast
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Zooey Deschanel , Geoffrey Arend , Chloe Moretz , Matthew Gray Gubler , Clark Gregg
- Writers
- Scott Neustadter , Michael H. Weber
- Runtime
- 95 minutes
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