Sundance 2009 in a Nutshell: 500 Days of Summer

Okay, it's cute. Like cavity-inducing cute. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star as a cute-as-a-button couple who just might not be meant for one another. There's a terrific musical number the first time Levitt has sex with Deschanel, and as he adjusts his appearance in a reflection, Harrison Ford's Han Solo appears and winks back at him. A really fun film geek moment. It's a fairly realistic look at love and how we only tend to remember the good things, and it proves that Hollywood doesn't need to adhere to a hardcore line of giving everything a happy ending... right up until this one tacks a happy ending onto the last five minutes. The final line caused the audience, including me, to release a pretty loud groan. Not a perfect movie, and definitely not a first (or 50th) date movie, but perfect for cynics or people who just got dumped.