Tom is a guy who apparently believes wholeheartedly about love, destiny, fate and soul mates. He grew up thinking that there is one person for everyone and never found that person until Summer(Zooey Deschanel) came into his life. Summer thinks the complete opposite about love. She doesn't believe in it, any of it. Not of fate, destiny, or soul mates either. She is a child of divorce and from a young age knew that relationships were hard and complicated. So she lives her life never getting too attached to anyone, until Tom.
Tom and Summer meet at work, where they write greeting cards, and Tom falls hopelessly in love. Whereas Summer, not so much. They hang out and go out on dates and they become somewhat of a couple. For Tom, it's perfect at first, Summer throughout some of the scenes seems bored and uninterested. They have a really sweet relationship and both actors have great chemistry.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character is sweet, charming, and naive. He is just so adorable you want everything to go his way. He's goofy and a downright nice guy. He is supposed to be this average Joe but I think he's better than average, and he also portrays a character that is completely unrealistic because there are not any guys out there like him. If there is, I never met one. Zoey Deschanel's character is simple, but for some reason in the movie they make her out to be this fantasy type girl, which yes she's gorgeous and sweet but I don't think she's everyone's ideal girl. She plays an independent, free spirited woman who doesn't like complicating things and doesn't like putting labels on her relationships. She just lives life and doesn't show any type of emotion whatsoever. She comes off rather blah. Which, again why would anyone want to date someone like that? Sure she's fun at points but mostly she just seems bored.
Tom's sister, Rachel(Chloe Moretz) is easily one of my favorite characters in the film. She's ballsy and funny and she is the only one that can get through to Tom, which I really enjoy watching that kind of brother-sister relationship. His two best friends are funny too, McKenzie(Geoffrey Arend) and Paul(Matthew Gray Gubler). I wish they could've dwelled a little bit more on their friendship because their scenes were amusing and their friendship felt sincere, they weren't jerks and they didn't make fun of Tom or humiliate Tom which some movies usually like to do.
The actual movie was shot beautifully. The director, Marc Webb, had some great shots. One scene that I really love is Tom going to a party and on the left side of the screen it's showing his expectations on what he wants to happen and on the right side of the screen it's showing the reality of what's actually happening. I love that scene so much, because it's so true, I know I always have expectations of certain things that happen in my life and of course they don't always reach my expectations or they are just different from my expectations all together and I thought that was just very clever. Another shot that I love is this one musical scene which exaggerates the feeling of "love" or well love being portrayed in movies which is truly fun to watch. There is also another nice part in the film where McKenzie gets interviewed in black and white, along with Paul and Tom all individually about love. It's a nice step outside this somewhat colorful movie and into this deep little segment of black and white reality almost.
All in all, I think this is a really sweet movie. Like I said in the beginning, its not about a love story. I really think it's more a story of a guy who is just trying to find his way, or himself. Which to me, is not only intriguing but also self motivating to watch.
I recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys watching something completely different than anything they have ever seen before. Something that will make them feel all kinds of different emotions throughout the film. Its fun, has a lot of heart and is quite deep for a movie with a title that sounds like a really nice, long vacation.
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