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"[The] compelling premise is given the rueful temporal hopscotch of ANNIE HALL, adapted to two twentysomethings and new cultural references..."Film Comment 3 stars out of 5 -- "Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber and director Marc Webb show a real insight into the contemporary audience by creating a movie that almost literally alternates between scenes of a relationship's glorious beginning and the details of it falling apart."Box Office 4 stars out of 4 -- "[A] delightful comedy, alive with invention....There's a little black and white, a little musical number, a little Fellini, which is always helpful in evoking a man in the act of yearning."Chicago Sun-Times "Much like ANNIE HALL did for a previous generation, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER may be the movie that best captures a contemporary romantic sensibility."USA Today "[A]n original romantic comedy....It bristles with energy, emotional and intellectual, as it flits about the dizzying highs and weeping-karaoke lows of a passionate entanglement."Los Angeles Times "(500) DAYS OF SUMMER finds just the right scale and tone, neither trivializing nor melodramatically overstating the delicate feelings it explores."New York Times "As Gordon-Levitt matures and age begins to burrow into his boyish face, he's become a relaxed yet still cerebral performer....[Deschanel] intrigues by holding her cards close to the vest."Movieline "Marc Webb's bright bauble of a boy-meets-girl comedy is a rueful tribute to the wisdom of hindsight..."Wall Street Journal "In its brightest moments, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER delves honestly and insightfully into the mysteries of love and romantic chemistry, and how elusive a connection can be."A.V. Club "(500) DAYS is like a mood ring cued to the ups, downs, and confusions of modern love....[The film is] not just bitter or sweet but everything in between." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he sublimely smart-sexy-joyful-sad (500) DAYS OF SUMMER hits you like a blast of pure romantic oxygen. It turns the genre on its empty head and sees relationships for what they are -- a bruising business."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 4 -- "The hopeless romantics are sure to fall head over heels with this one."Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- DAYS offers astute, funny insight into the confusion rife in love and infatuation. Gordon-Levitt anchors the film with an emotionally candid turn...Total Film Included in Entertainment Weekly's "The Best Films Of The Year" -- "[E]xciting to behold...Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel beautifully catch the mood-ring melancholia of two lovers..."Entertainment Weekly Ranked #9 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Movies Of 2009" -- "[Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt] are star-crossed lovers to die for."Rolling Stone Ranked #6 in USA Today's "Top Ten Films Of 2009."USA Today 4 stars out of 5 -- "A sharp spin on the usual rom-com formulae, this is funny, sensitive and challenges the genre's gender conventions."Uncut54.56061

"[The] compelling premise is given the rueful temporal hopscotch of ANNIE HALL, adapted to two twentysomethings and new cultural references..."Film Comment 3 stars out of 5 -- "Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber and director Marc Webb show a real insight into the contemporary audience by creating a movie that almost literally alternates between scenes of a relationship's glorious beginning and the details of it falling apart."Box Office 4 stars out of 4 -- "[A] delightful comedy, alive with invention....There's a little black and white, a little musical number, a little Fellini, which is always helpful in evoking a man in the act of yearning."Chicago Sun-Times "Much like ANNIE HALL did for a previous generation, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER may be the movie that best captures a contemporary romantic sensibility."USA Today "[A]n original romantic comedy....It bristles with energy, emotional and intellectual, as it flits about the dizzying highs and weeping-karaoke lows of a passionate entanglement."Los Angeles Times "(500) DAYS OF SUMMER finds just the right scale and tone, neither trivializing nor melodramatically overstating the delicate feelings it explores."New York Times "As Gordon-Levitt matures and age begins to burrow into his boyish face, he's become a relaxed yet still cerebral performer....[Deschanel] intrigues by holding her cards close to the vest."Movieline "Marc Webb's bright bauble of a boy-meets-girl comedy is a rueful tribute to the wisdom of hindsight..."Wall Street Journal "In its brightest moments, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER delves honestly and insightfully into the mysteries of love and romantic chemistry, and how elusive a connection can be."A.V. Club "(500) DAYS is like a mood ring cued to the ups, downs, and confusions of modern love....[The film is] not just bitter or sweet but everything in between." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he sublimely smart-sexy-joyful-sad (500) DAYS OF SUMMER hits you like a blast of pure romantic oxygen. It turns the genre on its empty head and sees relationships for what they are -- a bruising business."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 4 -- "The hopeless romantics are sure to fall head over heels with this one."Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- DAYS offers astute, funny insight into the confusion rife in love and infatuation. Gordon-Levitt anchors the film with an emotionally candid turn...Total Film Included in Entertainment Weekly's "The Best Films Of The Year" -- "[E]xciting to behold...Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel beautifully catch the mood-ring melancholia of two lovers..."Entertainment Weekly Ranked #9 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Movies Of 2009" -- "[Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt] are star-crossed lovers to die for."Rolling Stone Ranked #6 in USA Today's "Top Ten Films Of 2009."USA Today 4 stars out of 5 -- "A sharp spin on the usual rom-com formulae, this is funny, sensitive and challenges the genre's gender conventions."Uncut54.56061

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Entertainment Weekly (7/27/91) - B "...Musically, he's got an attractively light touch..."Q - 3 Stars - Good "...a surviving...thoughtful, sweet-voiced singer-songwriter...Pleasant and promising."15.31357

Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - "Attractive obscurity comes with a cover of Paul Siebal's 'Anyday Woman,' which adds up to an already varied and satisfying album."15.15966

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Rolling Stone (11/11/99, pp.134-6) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...If the singer's constant state of apocalyptic romantic swoon is a little suspicious, the earnest lyrics and lilting arrangements render any doubts churlish....his vocals fill every corner of the rococo salsafied space..."Entertainment Weekly (10/1/99, p.74) - "...making an exceedingly smooth, beguiling transition. The converstaional phrasing and subtleness of Anthony's beats give his swirling ballads purpose and direction..."12.25085

Rolling Stone (11/11/99, pp.134-6) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...If the singer's constant state of apocalyptic romantic swoon is a little suspicious, the earnest lyrics and lilting arrangements render any doubts churlish....his vocals fill every corner of the rococo salsafied space..."Entertainment Weekly (10/1/99, p.74) - "...making an exceedingly smooth, beguiling transition. The converstaional phrasing and subtleness of Anthony's beats give his swirling ballads purpose and direction..."12.25085

Rolling Stone (6/7/01, p.112) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Synthesizers swoon, pianos peal like church bells, and voices meld into hosannas of longing....a vibrant sonic cinema....owing as much to 60s orchestral pop as it does to Liz Phair's similarly-themed EXILE IN GUYVILLE..."Uncut (10/00, p.98) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Open-shouldered, swaggering pop, sinuously-deft arrangements and a fervid, flinty-eyed conviction give proceedings an epic sweep..."Magnet (p.83) - "Combining bits lifted from ABBEY ROAD-era Beatles and the smart vocal flourishes of early Todd Rundgren with a dusting of mid-period PInk Floyd..."Magnet (12-1/02, p.57) - Included in Magnet's "20 Best Albums of 2001" - "...The Brothers leave an arch flavor on the palate...but with a bitterness that's rarely tasted so good."CMJ (6/4/01, p.12) - "...Masterfully arranged miniature melodic masterpieces..."11.5441

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"...Enough good musical sequences...to please [McCartney's] many fans....A relaxed, unself-conscious mood..." New York Times10.84849

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Entertainment Weekly (11/23/01, p.82) - "...Working his native idiom, Anthony sounds like an artist reborn...he's a force of nature..." - Rating: A-10.82833

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Magnet (p.108) - "What's most startling about SPIRITUAL UNITY, particularly given Ribot's aggressively interpretive aesthetic, is the sheer note-perfect reverence with which the quartet approaches Ayler's melodic lines."The Wire (p.63) - "[T]he instrumentation transforms Ayler's marching band melodies into raucous stomps....[It] works quite well over the long haul..."Down Beat (p.77) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "The musicians convey lucidity during these embryonic, harmonic-melodic structures interlaced with guts and glory."JazzTimes (pp.102-103) - "The nimble-fingered six-stringer is forever picking energetic, angular lines that weave a half-century's worth of jazz, rock, and whatsis into every measure."10.82833

Down Beat (p.82) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Copland manages to be harmonically advanced, if not outright challenging, while remaining easily accessible to ears unaware or unconcerned with such things."10.82833