Her
Her
R | 18 December 2013 (USA)
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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.

Reviews
Develiker terrible... so disappointed.
ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
nguyenhaduy The movie is slow and uninteresting. The main character is beyond normal ugly, unfashionable and full of emo. I feel it's a waste of my time watching this. Totally not able to understand how people liked the movie? :(
charles-boecher These high ratings are absurd. This movie may have been worse than "Lobster," which was a terrible movie as well. Although, I guess that depends on what you want. If you watch movies to get the feeling you'd rather be mowing the lawn, this is your movie. If you watch movies to see people have a worse time than you, then this movie is for you! However, if you want to enjoy a movie I would not reccomend this one.
Evan Wessman (CinematicInceptions) I did not expect a movie like this to have perhaps the most believable vision of the near future I've seen. The look of the world wasn't all techy and white like you usually see in futuristic movies, and instead looked pleasantly tasteful and bright. The technology seemed like a natural evolution of the tech we use now, although the real future will probably have more Apple and Amazon logos. Even Theodore's job of writing personal letters for people felt, sadly, like the future version of buying Hallmark cards for people to "show you care".But of course, the most notable aspect of this movie is the idea that someone could develop an intimate relationship with an AI. I doubt that this kind of thing would be the first implementation of AI if we were to ever create that kind of technology. However, I think this interpretation of AI might be as scary as those of Westworld, Ex Machina, or Blade Runner. Creating an AI that is tailor made to you feels it would be the last nail in the coffin of people not interacting with each other. Despite all the arguments that social media is not actually that social, at least it involves people interacting with other people instead of robots. But at the same time, it can't be denied that Theodore and Samantha's relationship is a real relationship and is even more pure in some ways because it is based solely on their interactions with each other. I don't quite understand how people started dating other people's OS's, but it was not surprising that Theodore was one of many people that had an OS as a significant other.In terms of execution, I think this could have won best picture and definitely deserved its win in Best Original Screenplay. Joaquin Phoenix gave an excellent performance of a deep character, and Scarlett Johannsen did a good job on her voice over. The minor parts were pretty impressive as well with Chris Pratt, Rooney Mara, and especially Amy Adams. Spike Jonze did a fabulous job directing as well, and I'm definitely interested to see his other movies now.The sci-fi and romance genres are not often mixed for obvious reasons, but their combination has resulted in what I qualify to be just short of a masterpiece. I don't think that any other movies should try doing what Her did, but maybe it should encourage other artists to mix genres in effective ways more often. Shape of Water is the closest thing to an imitator that this movie has, which is not to say that it was a rip-off but it could be argued that it rode Her's coattails a bit. I would recommend this to everyone. It won't be most people's favorite movie, but I can't imagine anyone not liking it. If you like movies that make you cry, this will make you happy-cry and sad-cry in equal measure. Seriously, everyone should see this movie. Overall Rating: 8/10.
marianadiazdiaz "The movie "Her" has a very strong critique of our society because it shows a total dependence on technology even with something so personal and special as love is, as relationships are. This shows how nowadays men and women are scared of relationships so they opt for the solution technology is offering; a perfect relationship, a platonic love where everything goes well. The meaning of love in this post modern world has been lost and deconstructed. Love now is whatever I can take from the other person and if I don't get it, then it doesn't work for me anymore and that was the case with Theodore, he couldn't find what he wanted in Catherine, so the best alternative to fill that emptiness and loneliness that he was feeling was Samantha. The real meaning of love is to give and do it unconditionally even if you don't get anything for yourself, it's not selfish and it's abundant. I think as we watch this movie we should not only enjoy its beauty, but also try to realize what the real message behind is and in this case I think is realizing that technology is bringing social loneliness faster than we thought it could and we need to realize it soon to be able to not let it come to this.