Schmoozins

I entered a packed theatre last night and barely got a seat for this movie even though I arrived 30 minutes early!

As soon as I saw the trailer for 500 Days of Summer I knew it was going to be my kind of movie. It didn’t disappoint. I can say it’s the best romantic comedy I’ve seen in years.

It has everything. Love, laughs, great music (the soundtrack rocks if you dig 90′s Brit pop and alternative music),  sadness, and eye candy. Zooey Deschanel is just the cutest thing ever and everyone in the audience would have eaten from her hand. But hello!? – when did Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the little kid from 3rd Rock from the Sun grow up into such a hot man?!

Don’t be thinking this flick is all saccharin though. As it’s advertised – it’s not exactly a love story. More of an unrequited love story. That’s what makes it so charming – because we can all relate to Tom’s feelings of longing and sadness when the relationship ends. In the film, we look through his eyes at the beginning, middle and end (and not necessarily in that order!) of his relationship with Summer. You can’t help but be caught up in it. It’s full of delight throughout.

At its heart, the story is a hopeful one. You’ll just have to see it to know what I mean.

Carrie Lauth doesn’t usually write movie reviews. She usually writes about parenting and natural living on her blog, Natural Moms Talk Radio.