How Han Solo Ended Up in ‘(500) Days of Summer’

Few things are felt as viscerally as the sting of heartbreak and few movies manage to capture that same confusion, bewilderment and raw pain as well as (500) Days of Summer. Released in 2009, Marc Webb’s feature debut has become a soothing balm for the recently dumped. With its slick storytelling, potent emotive beats and indie earworm soundtrack, it plays more like a mood movie than the coming-of-age dramedy it was originally intended to be.