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- 2013
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 6 m
- 2013
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 6 m
Summary Set in the Los Angeles of the slight future, Her follows Theodore Twombly, a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive entity in its own right...
- 2013
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 6 m
- 2013
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 6 m
Her
8.6
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Summary Set in the Los Angeles of the slight future, Her follows Theodore Twombly, a complex, soulful man who makes his living writing touching, personal letters for other people. Heartbroken after the end of a long relationship, he becomes intrigued with a new, advanced operating system, which promises to be an intuitive entity in its own right...
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 47 Critic Reviews
91
91% Positive
43 Reviews
43 Reviews
9% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 47 Critic Reviews
91
91% Positive
43 Reviews
43 Reviews
9% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Sad, funny, and quietly alarming romance.
What’s surprising is that Jonze has taken what could easily have been a glib screwball comedy and infused it instead with wry, observant tenderness and deep feeling.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,805 User Ratings
8.6
89% Positive
1615 Ratings
1615 Ratings
6% Mixed
100 Ratings
100 Ratings
5% Negative
90 Ratings
90 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,805 User Ratings
8.6
89% Positive
1615 Ratings
1615 Ratings
6% Mixed
100 Ratings
100 Ratings
5% Negative
90 Ratings
90 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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From the Screenplay over the acting to the score, this movie is the one closest to absolute perfection I've ever seen.
There is nothing quite like it! Randomly bought it because it was on sale and went into it without any expectations since I have never even heard about this movie prior. Could not have turned out to be any better of a surprise jewel find.
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At once a brilliant conceptual gag and a deeply sincere romance, Her is the unlikely yet completely plausible love story about a man, who sometimes resembles a machine, and an operating system, who very much suggests a living woman.
It’s an incredibly melancholy, intimate and yet often hilarious look at relationships and connection that provides a surprisingly great deal of insight into the human condition. It’s both sweet and considered, as well as observant about our fears, masks and growing alienation.
Jonze is a visionary whose lyrical, soulful meditation on relationships of the future cuts to the heart of the way we live now.
For all its techno-focus, a very human love story about our need for connection. Strange, witty, honest and curiously comforting.
Instead of just being desperately heartfelt, Her keeps reminding us — through cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema's somber-droll camera work, through Phoenix's artfully slumped shoulders — how desperately heartfelt it is.
Man and artificial intelligence. A film so sensationally predictive, set in a dystopian future but at the same time so real and close to our present. This film, seen in 2022, is even more relevant. In a world governed by technological innovations, this film ages like good wine. Spike Jonze's direction is simply fantastic, the cinematography of a dystopian Los Angeles is equally wonderful and then ... What should I say about Arcade Fire's soundtrack? Superb. Joaquin Phoenix acts at his best levels here and Scarlett Johansson is also good at giving voice to the operating system.
A film that speaks of loneliness, of the degeneration of social relations to which technological innovation will lead. All through the great direction of Spike Jonze.
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Sci-fi. The not-too-distant future. Joaquin Phoenix becomes increasingly dependant on his interactive operating system. A slightly creepy warning of the place we have given IT.
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As someone in their early twenties who spends most of the day on a computer, I felt oddly terrified while watching and felt the urge to gather a few friends and go outside.
It's the ultimate desire of any emotionally immature person: the creation of an echo chamber, the realization of someone you created yourself to suit you without bothering with any of the 'empathy' and 'communication' parts that include talking to a real person.
Starting from the beginning: the protagonist seems like the typical artsy romantic who refuses to mature and sees any contradictory discussion as a personal attack. In response to his loneliness and desire to share a connection to someone, he creates the personality of 'Her'. It snowballs from there. Free tip: When your computer has a more active social life than you do, it's time to go outside.
Had this movie acknowledged how disturbing their relationship was evolving, beyond a few words from the ex-wife, this would have been a great movie. Had the protagonist LEARNED something from this about the nature of humankind, his own flaws and assumed responsibility for his own situations, this would have been a great movie. Instead, it was all played straight and slightly disturbing. Yes, why work at a relationship when we could all create our perfect someones and just spend all of our time with them?
Credit where it's due: the scenery is lovely. The music is more than wonderful. The performances are great for the material. But if you want something with a similar tone, but where the main character sees what he was doing wrong, just watch Ruby Sparks.
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I can't sleep. Who cares right? Maybe I should have a conversation with my latest OS?
I was looking over the critic's reviews and it is truly astonishing how almost all of them are 100% positive and there are no negative reviews listed about this movie. Maybe it's true that they were all paid off as someone suggested. The "Village Voice" had one of the most negative reviews rated at 50% I think. Some of the reader comments are actually insulting and condescending when referring to the critic and others who did not like this piece of garbage deemed oscar worthy. They say young people love it and suggest that older people don't get it because it's about today's high tech evolving world we live in. And of course there are these idiots who comment that they agree with this and then reference that their 5yo grandson knows how to text,use facebook and "everything". So I guess this somehow makes this movie great?
It stunk. I agree with all those who wonder if people who loved this thing were possibly under the influence or payed off.
I also wonder if some critics were afraid to really call it out for the crap it is because of some sort of peer pressure.
It did make me laugh a little at the end. I loved it when the OS dumped that boring, weird, wimpy, self absorbed idiotic man. You GO GIRL!!!
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Production Company
Annapurna Pictures,
Stage 6 Films
Release Date Dec 18, 2013
Duration 2 h 6 m
Rating R
Tagline A Spike Jonze love story.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Awards Circuit Community Awards
• 2 Wins & 11 Nominations