In the run-up to me seeing this, I heard a lot of people saying simply this was "a film about relationships." I feel like that holds up quite well. More specifically, I felt like "Her" is a film about why relationships end. Using a motto I picked up from too many Dan Savage podcasts, all relationships end — not fail, just end — until one doesn't. Some end because someone is hurt. Some end because the people have grown into people that don't connect in the same way, and the biggest challenge in that case can be just accepting the change in a partner and in the self. ...So why couch this theme in... read the rest.
Her
(2013)
Overview
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theordore'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.
Tagline
A Spike Jonze Love Story
Crew
Director: | Spike Jonze |
Writer: | Spike Jonze |
Cast
Joaquin Phoenix
Scarlett Johansson
Rooney Mara
Amy Adams |
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Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures, Annapurna Pictures