Marc Webb's indie flick 500 Days of Summer starts off with a warning in one of the very first minutes into the movie, as the narrator tells us that "this is not a love story, it's a story about love." ...

I am talking, of course, about Zooey Deschanel’s titular character in (500) Days of Summer. Summer arguably marked the pinnacle of the manic pixie dream girl era. With her cutesy style ...