(500) Days of Summer

Saw this film on Saturday night at the cinema and actually really liked it! I initially thought it might have been a bit too smug for its own good but was a funny and original take on the rom-com. Last film I reluctantly saw in this genre was The Proposal with Sandra Bullock the romantic comedy’s John Wayne a month or so ago, which you could have interchanged with any of her other films wthout knowing the difference! Apart from Zooey Deschanel this had a mostly unknown cast (to me anyway) and the plot took some enjoyable scenic routes to an unexpected but realistic ending.

The soundtrack was a nice surprise too, drawing on classic British pop like the Smiths and more recent groups like Doves. Proof that perhaps some Americans are still in thrall to much of our music as we are with theirs.