Great how they played and experimented with different ways of telling a storyline. Also refreshing to not see a typical romance flick. But i'd really rather just watch Garden State.

love the You make my dreams come true musical sequence! (love HIM!)

I watched this movie a bit discontinuously but it was still very good. The narrative style was a lot of fun and the actors all did a great job, particularly Gordon-Levitt and Chloe Moretz. Manages to avoid the romantic-comedy deathtrap of one-note comedy with some pretty inventive and original jokes.

Film is very well casted. A good story, funny and yet surprisingly depressing.

A frustrating film. Moments of absolute brilliance, both subtle & flashy, mixed with moments of very clumsy filmmaking and nonsense writing. None-the-less I enjoyed this. Gordon-Levitt is very good, & any film that spends extensive camera time on Zoey is going to get bonus marks from me! But this film never quite manages to shake off its shallow core, & forced quirkiness. There were a few scenes I just loved, but each one seemed tempered by the next. Ending was a fucking shitter also!

i should fall in love

Stylish and fun romantic confection. The narrative structure keeps things interesting, as do many of the visual tricks (I particularly liked the "reality" vs. "expectation" sequence). But ultimately it's pretty shallow - Tom and Summer are superficial narcissists who express "love" through fetishizing music, art, dreams (i.e. they're hipsters). That's not to say I couldn't identify with that viewpoint, but I never really cared for either nor do I think I'll remember them later.

Maybe I just don't "get it" because I thought the main character was being a huge obnoxious baby about the whole thing. Frankly, I found Summer a lot more relatable, and since the narrator (not necessarily the film makers) tries his darndest to make her into the villain, there came a point where I just kind of wanted to tell the movie to go fuck itself. (2.5/5)

Great movie, a bit too close to the bone but love the soundtrack.

This is not a love story, its a relationship story. Realistic, bit painful to watch if you've been in the right position, and full of characters I'd like to hang out with in places I'd like to hang out. Good stuff