Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I present to you an iPhone commercial starring the actress, singer, and human cardigan Zooey Deschanel. Is it an effective commercial? Possibly – if you’re swayed by “cute” women doing “impossibly cute” things while wearing pajamas and ordering tomato soup (really? you’re getting tomato soup delivered?) from their iPhones. But if you’re one of the increasing number of people who are wondering just when the Adorable Train is finally going to arrive at its logical destination – that she might one day stop with the Pollyanna routine – this is kind of a slap in the face.
Having spent a number of years pining for Zooey in some sort of misguided attempt at projecting emo-boy fantasies of a girlfriend who could play the ukelele and wear dresses all of the time it’s somewhat trite and annoying to see Zo-dog Millionaire still playing the same Manic Pixie Dream Girl routine. And then there’s this:
Of course it’s fucking raining. Look out of the window. Honestly.






April 17, 2012 at 4:11 pm, Tracey Adams-Mastrud said:
Brittany B-Diddy Legger…They are not being very nice to your favorite girl in this story! : (
April 17, 2012 at 8:31 pm, Brittany B-Diddy Legger said:
for shiz
August 31, 2012 at 10:42 pm, Laura Chandler said:
Is there a single inaccurate word though? You know? It's REALLY bad.
April 17, 2012 at 4:24 pm, Laura Chandler said:
She's pretty the iphone is overpriced and the ad is annoying. Come on. Can we move past the manicpixiedreamgirl thing with this actress already? I'm Quirky! I can't tell it's raining even though I'm looking out the window! I am unable to heat up a can of soup! I don't want to wear shoes. Instead of cleaning I'm going to dance in my pj's! Blehhh. I like the actress, but I wish she'd get move beyond the fake Pippi Longstocking persona.
May 23, 2012 at 9:27 pm, Betsy Magrini said:
There's nothing more pathetic than contrived quirkiness. OVER IT. And again, who the hell orders soup?
April 17, 2012 at 7:12 pm, Jim Anderson said:
Don't be a hater. If its not an Apple its not an Apple!
April 25, 2012 at 6:12 am, William Crafton said:
Lol. This article is extremely cynical, yet hilarious. The cute girl phase was killed for me after hearing Zooey sing in a "Cotton: The Fabric of Our Lives" commercial. If that's her singing voice, then that's exactly where it should remain – on shameless plugs for the Cotton Industry.
April 26, 2012 at 12:58 pm, Apple Changing Direction With Celebrities in Ads? That’s Funny… | said:
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May 10, 2012 at 1:56 am, Mat Householder said:
Horrible ad. She does her hair and mak upbut dosen't want to put on shoes? Gimme an F'n break…this would stop me from ever buying an Iphone.
February 15, 2013 at 8:18 pm, Jeffrey Barton said:
….they are just showing you things Siri can do….calm down