Of late I have enjoyed the films that Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been in, so I was interested in seeing this, but never got around to it until now, and am sorry I waited so long, because this is a great film, really the perfect version of what would be called a romantic comedy, because it is not a comedy, and it’s non-linear style really lends itself to this story, and makes you love these characters and get you into it, while getting you to really pay attention. A very well done film, and one of the best films of the year.

The film is totally non-linear telling of the breakup and relationship between Tom Hansen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel). Tom is a trained architect, but makes his living as a writer at a greeting card company. Summer is the assistant to his boss Vance (Clark Gregg). Tom immediately starts liking Summer, but is too scared to tell her, only confiding in his friend McKenzie (Geoggrey Arend) and his young sister Rachel (Chloé Moretz). A drunken McKenzie out at a work karaoke tells Summer that Tom likes her, and she ends up kissing him in the copy room, and their relationship starts from their, but she does not want it to be serious, or even admit to a relationship, while Tom immediately does.

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Tom takes her to his favorite spot in the city, and they have a good time, though they do fight after Tom hits a guy who won’t stop hitting on her.

After seeing the film the GRADUATE on day 290 of their relationship, she breaks up with him, and Tom is totally crushed. He stops functioning, drinking all the time and eating crap. His boss moved him to consolations as he cannot write happy cards, and just can’t get over summer no matter what he does, only remembering the good times and not any bad.

Tom just can’t get over her at all. He ends up running into Summer on the bus, and the two go to a former co-worker’s wedding and dance, and summer catches the bouquet. On the way back, Summer invites him to a party at her apartment the next Friday.

Tom dreams of re-kindling their love at the party, but arriving he sees her engagement ring, and finds he is at her engagement party, which puts him deeper into depression.

Tom ends up quitting his job, and as Summer had pushed him, he starts to work on his architecture again, starting to go to interviews for positions.

On day 488 at his favorite spot in the park, he meets summer, and they talk. She talks about her wedding, and how she broke up with Tom, and found a guy who she was sure about as she was never sure about Tom.

12 days later at a job interview in the Bradley building, Tom meets a girl applying to the same job, and he stops as he is about to go in, to ask her out to a date, having grown up, and learned that his best bet is to try and talk, and not wait for chance. The girls name is Autumn (Minka Kelly) and she agrees to go on a date with him.

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Really one of the better Romantic Comedies I have ever seen. Not quite Annie Hall, but what is exactly? A really enjoyable film, and really worth checking out.