Her (2013) 9/10

Starring : Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pratt, Scarlett Johansson
Director : Spike Jonze
Running Time : 126 mins

Theodore Twombly (Phoenix) is a lonely introverted writer who is struggling to deal with his divorce from his childhood sweetheart Catherine (Mara). When he buys a new operating system for his phone, he finds himself spending a lot of time with the OS, named Samantha (Johansson), and it isn’t long before he develops a sort of relationship with her.

This is an interesting and provocative view of how some people can develop unhealthy attachments with inanimate objects, in this case a computer programme. In a world where people take more stock in what their computers tell them than what they are told by friends, this movie creates a touching perspective on how these apparent artificial intelligences and speaking computer programmes can come across as real people to those who are so lonely as to take solace in the company of anyone who will hear them out. This is a well performed and fascinating movie that manages to be both funny and sad throughout its duration.

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