A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need.
Jonze’s first self-penned solo script, it may not boast the madcap genius of Being John Malkovich or Adaptation (his films written by Charlie Kaufman), but it’s thoughtful, tender and bristles with invention.
For all its techno-focus, a very human love story about our need for connection. Strange, witty, honest and curiously comforting.
Jonze ultimately allows his bold concept to drift away into a rather trite conclusion, but so much of his film is sincere, thoughtful and lovingly crafted.
In the end, however, Her is a binary exercise: a beautifully shot provocation that is more interesting as a conversation on the way home than as an experience in the cinema.
Jonze has made a sweet, smart, silly, serious film for our times, only set in the future.
Her has the same defiantly wistful manchild regression Jonze showed in his version of Where the Wild Things Are – a singular exercise in imagination, almost a postmodern pastoral.
Her is a fun, timely and clever idea that doesn’t quite deliver the fun or profundity initially promised.
What makes Her so tantalising and original is that it is as much a story about self-delusion and narcissism on the grandest scale as it is a conventional romantic comedy.
Playful yet sincere, inquisitive yet honest, doomed yet totally heartbreaking.
On its Valentine’s Day release in the UK, you’d be idiotic to see anything but Her.
Pushes all the right buttons.
It's a film which is too in love with its own cute conceit to notice some of the flaws. It is charming, but its focus is soft.
It’s a film made with real love. No wonder it’s so insightful on the subject.
In the battle between head and heart there remains a Tin Man-shaped hole, leaving the viewer smiling wryly at the thought-provoking conceits while remaining as emotionally isolated as the movie's protagonist.
In truth, the film asks more questions than it answers, but it will force you to confront the need to find them long after the credits roll.
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