Seemingly similar to most factory-made rom-coms, former music-video director Marc Webb's first feature is actually far less interested in the will-they-or-won't-they and more concerned with the why-can't-they. Its lovers—Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Tom and Zooey Deschanel's Summer, natch—are perfect for each other, yet are perhaps still not meant to be. He is forever in search of his soulmate, influenced by too much mid-'80s Britpop and an incorrect reading of The Graduate's finale. She insists she's looking only for a commitment-free good time, no doubt the result of a childhood spent being the object of everyone's affection. Webb, working from a screenplay by the men responsible for The Pink Panther 2 (sweet fancy Moses!), employs a storytelling gimmick to render his movie palatably unconventional.
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