Vivisection

This review is about a romantic comedy.

Wait…Please don’t go.

I know what you’re thinking. I’ve sat through a lot of crap too but trust me this isn’t one of THOSE movies. You gotta remember that those two words can also be used to describe: Annie Hall, Harold & Maude, Buffalo ’66, Punch-Drunk Love & Chasing Amy.

OK. You’ll stay? Thank you. Here we go.

Sorry Zach Braff & Natalie Portman, you have both just been usurped. You are no longer the reigning hipster film couple. That title now belongs to Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Zooey Deschanel the stars of the heartbreaking and touching (500) Days of Summer.

I could spend paragraph upon paragraph discussing the unconventional structure, soundtrack and alienating devices but what’s the point? Even without those elements this would still be a successful film. Strip everything away and it is still an emotionally true and heartfelt story. The film geek stuff is just icing on an already delicious cake.