Her is written and directed by Spike Jonze and stars Joaquin Phoenix as Theodore, a man in the future who works for a letter company and who one days buys a new operating system for his computer named Samantha (voiced by Scarlett Johansson) whilst also going through a divorce with his wife (Rooney Mara) so sparks between the two begin to fly.
Her for me is a very strange film and one that for me left me a little cold down the middle, don't get me wrong I don't think it's a bad film at all but it was one that didn't really do all that much for me either.
Before I delve into those feelings some more I want to talk about what I did like and that is first of all the cinematography by Hoyte van Hoytema as he makes the film look so gorgeous to watch with the clean industrial look and the endless lights and screens that reminded me of Blade Runner, the film also has some wonderful performances by Phoenix, Mara, Johansson and Amy Adams who builds on her great work in American Hustle recently.
But yet despite all of those positives the central story just left me cold, it's a great idea to be sure but the overall execution of it just made it difficult for me to buy into it and as a result I didn't really find the film all that engaging and when it was over and I had gone through that journey somewhat I didn't really feel also that it was worth it overall.
So yeah, Her split me right down the middle as I said, it's not a bad film in the slightest despite some reading it that way but for me personally it didn't work and I can't recommend it despite its very strong positives, 2 and a half out of 5.
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