Scott Neustadter's Romantic Comedy Film, 500 Days Of Summer

Scott Neustadter, an American screenwriter, revealed that with his romantic comedy film, 500 Days of Summer, he translates his real experiences to the big screen. Scott confirms the anecdotal truth behind this storyline through a humorous disclaimer included in the opening credits, stating that “Any resemblance to people living or dead is purely coincidental. Especially you, Jenny Beckman… Bitch.” With this statement, the narrator cautions in the beginning of this film, that it is not a love story accompanied by a happy ending; instead, it is a heartbreaking, nonlinear narrative that depicts the two’s failed relationship through the male antagonists memories of their 500 days together.
This motion picture details an offbeat romance about

a young man, Tom Hansen, who completely falls in love with Summer Finn, a woman that enjoys being independent and is seemingly unwilling to commit. However, in the end, Summer marries a different man, leaving Tom confused as to why she refused to establish a monogamous relationship with him, claiming it would go against her beliefs. Through a series of flashbacks, the audience is made aware of primary communication concepts including perception, self-disclosure and nonverbal communication, all of which influence Tom and Summer’s love affair in profound ways, yet, ultimately resulting is the dissolution of their relationship.
As defined by the authors in the textbook Looking Out Looking In, interpersonal communication is the transactional process by which individuals create relationships through the action of exchanging messages that are naturally affected by external, physiological, and psychological noise (Adler and Proctor 11). These messages can be both intentional or unintentional, and they do not have to be verbal, as illustrated in 500 Days of Summer.