Let’s break it down. Directed by Marc Webb and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Tom) and Zooey Deschanel (Summer), 500 Days of Summer broke the mold. It doesn’t end with a wedding. It doesn’t have a villain. It has a split-screen showing expectation vs. reality—a scene so painfully accurate it became a meme.
Plus, supporting the film (even through a $4.99 rental) ensures more quirky, honest movies get made. Yes—but legally. Pay once, download to your device, and you’ve got a permanent digital copy for those rainy days when you need to remember that just because someone isn’t meant for you doesn’t mean the time was wasted.
But here’s the hard truth: