The Gist: Theodore’s rather dull and solitary life suddenly changes when he falls in love with a new operating system based on a very life-like artificial intelligence named Samantha.
Director Spike Jonze, who took home the Oscar for Writing for Her, presents us with a very plausible not-too-distant-future in which we’re mostly alienated from one another. We still go out into the real world, but the majority of our interactions are with our own digital devices. Can we not see where we might conceivably be headed?
Joaquin Phoenix reminds us all of the very profound and genuine actor he can be when he stops acting like an ass by pretending to leave acting and fame behind him for the sake of an art experiment.
The OS is voiced by Scarlett Johansson, but other than her voice, Phoenix is pretty much carrying the whole movie on his shoulders, and he does a very nice job.
The Bottom Line: Her is a great window on a very possible future for humanity that gently reminds us of how important human interaction actually is. The movie was nominated for Best Picture and deserves a viewing.
Grade: 8
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