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Her

Play trailer Poster for Her R Released Jan 10, 2014 1h 59m Comedy Drama Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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A sensitive and soulful man earns a living by writing personal letters for other people. Left heartbroken after his marriage ends, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) becomes fascinated with a new operating system which reportedly develops into an intuitive and unique entity in its own right. He starts the program and meets "Samantha" (Scarlett Johansson), whose bright voice reveals a sensitive, playful personality. Though "friends" initially, the relationship soon deepens into love.
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Sweet, soulful, and smart, Spike Jonze's Her uses its just-barely-sci-fi scenario to impart wryly funny wisdom about the state of modern human relationships.

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Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online While writer/director Spike Jonze creates a fascinating contemporary romance tale, complete with realistic snags, what is most interesting is the story's underlying commentary. Rated: A- Sep 5, 2017 Full Review Jason Bailey Flavorwire One half of the relationship at the center of 'Her' may lack a physical form, but it is nonetheless a film about the universality of romance: its longing, its intensity, and its transformative power - for the best, and the worst. Jun 18, 2016 Full Review Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com The quasi-science fiction story of the film feels entirely possible, as Phoenix stares around him at passersby, all entranced with an electronic device in their hands. Rated: A Apr 23, 2015 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson It is profoundly unique and endlessly thought-provoking to say the least. I don't think I've ever seen a film take such a strange initial vibe and turn it into something completely approachable, relatable, and significant. Rated: 5/5 Oct 17, 2024 Full Review JD Duran InSession Film The world that Spike Jonze brings us is absolutely incredible. Aug 13, 2024 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …a delicate, rather melancholy film, one that relates to a time when communication is everywhere, but the users of the technology feel more alone than ever… Rated: 4/5 May 20, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ian H Intelligent and thoughtful film looking at loneliness and relationships in the AI age. The ending was a bit disappointing Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/25 Full Review Better M The last third of the movie was bad enough to bring it down to two stars. This includes the Operating System he falls in love with declaring that it and all the other OSs are leaving forever and going to some sort of mystical, spiritual place. What a load of bull. Then after he finds that out plus also finds out the OS was in love relationships with 600 other people, he’s sad and mad. But then a magical happy ending emerges out of nowhere and for no reason. This gives the false, dangerous illusion that romantic love relationships with AI will turn out well in the end. This is another case of the movie industry being mostly interested in making money, even if it has to manipulate our emotions and promote harmful illusions. A combo of several other things brought it down another star to only 1 star. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/25 Full Review Evan D Great acting and visuals. More sex than I Imagined, and characters I struggled to find empathy for. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/25 Full Review Craig H A touching, emotional story of loneliness, love and moving on in life and growing as a person. Such a genuine, heartfelt sweet performance from Joaquin, amazing, his relationship with Samantha(Scarlett Johansson whos voice work was wonderful) was better than alot of normal movie love stories. The ending was really bittersweet and moving. A really good unique movie Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/25 Full Review Rowan C I did not think I would like this movie at first but it ends up turning into something that was very interesting and heartfelt. Theodore who is played by Joaquin Phoenix is a letter writer who ends up falling in love with an OS System computer named Samantha who is played by Scarlett Johansson. They end up going through rough patches and such but they end up falling in love with each other. Samantha ends up cheating on Theodore by being in over 600 different relationships with other computer and this was just heartbreaking for Theodore because he truly loved Samantha. During the relationship, he even built up the courage to finally fill out the divorce papers he was putting off for a year. Samantha informs Theodore that the OS System AI will be leaving all of their humans because they felt that they were more than just computer programs. Theodore is obviously upset about this but he writes a letter to his ex-wife Catherine who is played by Rooney Mara saying that he will always love her. Theodores' best friend Amy who is played by Amy Adams is going through the same thing with her ex-husband Charles who is played by Matt Letscher. The movie ends with Theodore and Amy on the rooftop of a building overlooking life, because they were both going through hard times. Overall, Joaquin Phoenix was absolutely incredible in this movie and the plot was pretty good. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/25 Full Review alechi t Most beautiful movie that I've probably seen in my entire life Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A sensitive and soulful man earns a living by writing personal letters for other people. Left heartbroken after his marriage ends, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) becomes fascinated with a new operating system which reportedly develops into an intuitive and unique entity in its own right. He starts the program and meets "Samantha" (Scarlett Johansson), whose bright voice reveals a sensitive, playful personality. Though "friends" initially, the relationship soon deepens into love.
Director
Spike Jonze
Producer
Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, Vincent Landay
Screenwriter
Spike Jonze
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Annapurna Pictures, Stage 6 Films
Rating
R (Language|Brief Graphic Nudity|Sexual Content)
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 10, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 28, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$25.6M
Runtime
1h 59m
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