Album Reviews

Photo

Various Artists

[500] Days Of Summer - Music From The Motion Picture  Hear it Now

RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

2009

(500) Days of Summer has won raves by subverting the clichés of romantic comedy, emphasizing love's melancholy side and building to an ambiguous ending. The film's well-curated soundtrack runs the gamut of romantic moods, from infatuation (Hall and Oates' "You Make My Dreams") to post-breakup wistfulness (Simon and Garfunkel's "Bookends"). It's anchored by two Regina Spektor originals, but the guiding spirits here are the Smiths, whose grandly glum "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" appears twice — in the original version and in a cover by She and Him, with (500) Days star Zooey Deschanel serving up an uncanny Morrissey impression.



JODY ROSEN

(Posted: Aug 5, 2009)

Advertisement

News and Reviews

Advertisement

 

Everything:Simon & Garfunkel

Main | Biography | From the Archives | Album Reviews | Photo Gallery | Videos | Discography

 


Advertisement

Advertisement