This was a cute story recommended to me by Cousin Extraordinaire, Christy, but not part of her monthly series. Probably because it predates the Experiment by five or six months or something. Or because she forgot about it. Or because I'm lazy. Moving on.
I don't like rom-coms so the fact that this is basically a what-went-wrong kind of story is a good selling point for me.
Tom Hanson (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) falls in love with Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel), despite her telling him that she doesn't want a boyfriend.
I don't know what it is about us as a species that makes us immediately discount things we don't want to hear from someone we're attracted to, but I personally hate that trait. Which is not to say I haven't done the same damn thing. And it works out pretty much exactly the same way here.
Apparently blessed with a photographic memory, Tom begins to relive highlights of the relationship, from the first time he saw her to the Jack Daniels and orange juice-fueled depression after she dumps him.
There are a few really good moments in the film, one of them being the aforementioned JD & OJ bender and another with a spontaneous musical number but those are carried completely by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Zooey Deschanel is extremely lackluster as a leading lady. She has the emotional range of a decoy duck.
As far as supporting characters, it's a mixed bag. Clark Gregg (Agent Coulson from the Marvel movies) and Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl from Kick Ass) are good, Matthew Gray Gubler (Reed from Criminal Minds) and Geoffrey Arend (the Snozzberries kid from Super Troopers) are kind of crap.
This is a good rental that women will like because it's sweet and men can tolerate because it's realistic.
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