(500) Days of Summer (2009)

Plotzle Original · O21 · March 21, 2026 · Comedy / Drama

Six plot descriptions for (500) Days of Summer (2009). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. An aging film critic watches every movie from one specific year to write his memoir and rediscovers why he fell in love with cinema before his divorce decades earlier.
2. A greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic reflects on his 500 days with his ex-girlfriend after she suddenly dumps him, trying to understand where their relationship went wrong while rediscovering his true passions.
3. A woman counts down the days until her wedding anniversary while casually sleeping with a bartender she met online as her marriage continues its slow and unremarkable decline into indifference.
4. A meteorologist in Minneapolis accidentally forecasts sunny weather for 500 consecutive days and becomes a local celebrity while her personal life quietly unravels around her fame.
5. Two college roommates create a shared calendar tracking their romantic encounters over one academic year but their friendship fractures when they discover they've been dating the same person.
6. A pastry chef opens a pop-up bakery that only operates during summer months and reconnects with his estranged brother who shows up asking for money after years apart.