

They discover that they have a similar taste in music.

Tom Hansen is an aspiring architect who works as a writer at a greeting card company. The following is a linear summary of the plot. There is an on-screen timer showing the day. The film is presented in a nonlinear narrative, jumping between various days within the 500 days of Tom and Summer's relationship.

The film received Best Original Screenplay and Best Screenplay awards at the 14th Satellite Awards and 25th Independent Spirit Awards, respectively, as well as two nominations at the 67th Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Musical or Comedy (Gordon-Levitt). Many critics lauded the film as one of the best from 2009 and drew comparisons to other acclaimed films such as Annie Hall (1977) and High Fidelity (2000). It received positive critical reviews and became a successful " sleeper hit", earning over $60 million in worldwide returns, far exceeding its $7.5 million budget. Īs an independent production, the film was picked up for distribution by Fox Searchlight Pictures and premiered at the 25th Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel and employs a nonlinear narrative structure, with the story based upon its male protagonist and his memories of a failed relationship. 500 Days of Summer (stylized as (500) Days of Summer) is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H.
