![]() ![]() Is this love, or does this person just make me feel comfortable? It gets twisty as Sam discovers her consciousness. Some of the ideas about intimacy in ‘Her’ are as old as the typewriter. In the background is Amy Adams (so natural, she barely seems to be acting) as Theodore’s geeky-cool best friend. First is Theodore’s ex-wife Catherine (Rooney Mara, go-to actress for a frosty ex), who we see in flashback and one bitter scene where she is devastating about his relationship with Samantha: ‘You always wanted a wife without the challenges of someone real.’ Next is Samantha, then there’s a disastrous blind date scene with Olivia Wilde. Shot in the hazy, honeyed glow of a quirky car ad, you can watch it simply as the history of one man’s romantic life. It’s directed by Spike Jonze (the man behind ‘Being John Malkovich’ and ‘Adaptation’). ‘Her’ is a keeper of a film, quietly dazzling. One thing leads to another… and, well, dating your OS is suddenly a thing in 2025. She organises the thousands of emails he has never replied to, proofreads his writing and laughs at his jokes. Sam is the new operating system (OS) on Theodore’s computer. Meet Samantha (the voice of Scarlett Johansson, so husky I don’t think there’s a straight guy alive who would kick her out of bed for not having a body). It’s sometime around 2025 and artificial intelligence has just reached the tipping point where humans can no longer tell the difference between a conversation with a computer and another person. Admit it, aren’t we all? What’s the first thing you reach for when you wake up in the morning? The warm body lying next to you under the duvet or your phone? Which could you not live without for 24 hours? Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix, sad and puppy-doggish) is a lonely writer nursing a broken heart after his marriage falls apart. Theodore Twombly is in love with his computer. ![]()
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