Her

"A Spike Jonze love story."

2013 2h 6m EN

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7.8

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★7.8TMDB · 15,710

RomanceScience FictionDrama

Synopsis

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In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.

“A Spike Jonze love story.”

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Cast

Joaquin Phoenix
Theodore
Scarlett Johansson
Samantha (voice)
Lynn Adrianna
Letter Writer #1
Lisa Renee Pitts
Letter Writer #2
Gabe Gomez
Letter Writer #3
Chris Pratt
Paul
Artt Butler
Text Voice (voice)
May Lindstrom
Sexy Pregnant TV Star

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Spike Jonze
Writers: Josh Sheppard, Spike Jonze
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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2 / 8

CAST

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213+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Spike Jonze, shot by Hoyte van Hoytema. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Régine Chassagne. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jeff Buchanan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson and Lynn Adrianna carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A Spike Jonze love story.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1798709 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Spike Jonze directs. Hoyte van Hoytema behind the camera. Régine Chassagne scores. Jeff Buchanan cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 13 years ago.
2213+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
3Directed by Spike Jonze, shot by Hoyte van Hoytema. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Régine Chassagne. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Jeff Buchanan shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson and Lynn Adrianna carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A Spike Jonze love story.".
8IMDB entry: tt1798709 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
915,710 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
10Classified under 19 themes, including "future", "artificial intelligence (a.i.)", "computer", "satire".
11Released under 35 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema
Original score: Régine Chassagne
Editing: Jeff Buchanan
Production design: K.K. Barrett
Costume design: Casey Storm
Makeup / hair: Cydney Cornell
VFX supervisor: Janelle Croshaw Ralla
Sound: David Parker
Stunt coordinator: Scott Rogers
Runtime: 126 min · 2h 6m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $23,000,000
Box office: $47,351,251
Return: 206% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Her (2013)

Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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treestannn2014-05-30
The opposite of garbage
kineticandroid2014-06-21
In the run-up to me seeing this, I heard a lot of people saying simply this was "a film about relationships." I feel like that holds up quite well. More specifically, I felt like "Her" is a film about why relationships end. Using a motto I picked up from too many Dan Savage podcasts, all relationships end — not fail, just end — until one doesn't. Some end because someone is hurt. Some end because the people have grown into people that don't connect in the same way, and the biggest challenge in that case can be just accepting the change in a partner and in the self. ...So why couch this theme in science-fiction? I think it helps clarify Jonze's idea of what people look for during the first moments of a relationship — someone who acts a bright, positive, layered, but uncomplicated by a dark past or conflicted feelings. But even more interestingly, the hook of the film is mostly just that, a hook to get us thinking about love and relationships in a deeper, more abstract way.
tmdb395137282015-02-04
Not a Keeper The Academy of Motion Picture Arts needs to return to limiting Best Picture contenders to five nominations, which always fell in line with the five Best Director nominees. Having ten casts too wide a net and allows squeakers like "Her" to slip in. Spike Jonze needs to return to doing what he does best, and that is direct films written by Charlie Kaufman. "Her" is mundane and uninspired. "She" is drastically inferior to "Adaptation" and "Spotless Mind" and only somewhat better than John Malkovich flirting with Siri. Her has little to offer on the subjects of digital addiction, imaginary companions, internet porn, the singularity, long-distance love affairs, servitude fantasies, or post-modern love in general. Joaquin Phoenix is an intense and seriously committed actor who pointlessly busts his chops on such unimpressive material. An effort wasted in the prime of his career. While Jonze attempts to reach for all the possibilities that can be explored with his high concept premise, he conspicuously excludes other logical outcomes. Why was Theodore the only one with a virtual girlfriend? This OSi should be selling like hotcakes and iPhones. As a sentient OS, Samantha is able to process information at lightning speed, yet can only process human emotion at the rate of molasses. Seems like there was a trade off. The more emotional she gets, the dumber she becomes. Call it the Spock effect. Above all, why didn't Samantha give herself a digitized face and body? Perhaps because Jonze was determined to contain and disable her enough to make the point that true romantic love has little to do with desires of the flesh. But there is little to muse about beyond this tidy declaration. Nothing more knotty or involving than one would experience revisiting old episodes of I Dream of Jeannie (replace the smart-phone with a bottle). While half-watching "Her", my thoughts strayed, seeking a more satisfying premise than that of a lonely man falling in love with a voice on his computer. What if his dying wife's brain was transferred into an operating system and just when he thought he could be with her forever a computer virus kills her off? Maybe the Academy should divide the 10 Best Picture nominees into two categories. Instead of bunching mega-budget extravaganzas and low-budget darlings together, they could separate them into 5 Best Studio Movies and 5 Best Independent Films (under, say, $25 mill); open with one, close with the other. But even then, I'm not sure Her deserves any mention.

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