Scott Neustadter

The Manic Pixie Dream Tramp

Caroline Hagood | Posted 05.25.2011

Caroline Hagood

The emotions surrounding the MPDG run deeper than mere resentment. They are Amazing Manic Pixies only while they are loved. Before that, they are merely everyday women, and afterwards, they are harpies.

(500) Days of Summer writer Scott Neustadter on Relationships

Rachel Freed | Posted 05.25.2011

Rachel Freed

Scott Neustadter: There's no such thing as villains in real relationship stories, just two people who don't feel the same. It sucks but it's nobody's fault.

When Harry Met Sadness: (500) Days of Summer Reconsiders American Romantic Comedy

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 05.25.2011

Gregory Weinkauf

(500) Days of Summer is not the smartest, funniest or sleekest movie to which Fox didn't invite me this year -- but in its pretentious mope-rock way it is ambitious, thoughtful and fulfilling.