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Her (2013)

Directed by Spike Jonze

Drama | Romance | Science Fiction

Most recently watched by schofizzy, danhnguyen, GMOM65, lordofthemovies, seanCduregger, Angjonesy, Javitron, CaptainBigTime, jcdeleon1, Adrian_Charlie

Overview

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user’s every need. To Theodore’s surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.

Rated R | Length 126 minutes

Actors

Joaquin Phoenix | Scarlett Johansson | Amy Adams | Rooney Mara | Chris Pratt | Olivia Wilde | Matt Letscher | Portia Doubleday | Spike Jonze | Bill Hader | Kristen Wiig | Artt Butler | Soko | Brian Cox | Luka Jones | Sam Jaeger | Pramod Kumar | Evelyn Edwards | Lil Buck | Lynn Adrianna | Lisa Renee Pitts | Gabe Gomez | May Lindstrom | David Azar | Guy Lewis | Melanie Seacat | Steve Zissis | Dane White | Nicole Grother | James Ozasky | Samantha Sarakanti | Gracie Prewitt | Claudia Choi | Laura Kai Chen | Wendy Leon | Alia Janine | Brian D. Johnson | Robert Benard | Lisa Cohen | Grant Samson

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Viewing Notes

I think I waited sufficiently long enough to watch this to dull the outsized clamor about how good this movie was (for the wrong reasons as it turns out) that I actually enjoyed it quite a bit.

While all the focus was on the artificial intelligence aspect of the love story, that’s really the least interesting part about it. It resonated much more deeply than that, along the familiar themes of what it means to be human, emotional intelligence, the grieving process, and of course the nature of love itself.

All of the acting was great, especially Phoenix, who continues to do impressive work; and Johansson, who was amazing at breathing life into a character whose only presence was her voice. This is the year of Johansson, who’s done two great turns this year in two very different movies. I’m really looking forward to seeing her in Ruby as well.

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