By writing personal letters to people, a sensitive and soulful man, Theodore, earns a living. These letters are such that they encompass love, passion, and adoration for the person it is addressed to. Meanwhile, he becomes obsessed with a new operating system that allegedly evolves into an intuitive and special entity in its own right after his marriage ends with his high school sweetheart, Catherine. Unlike a more conventional sci-fi tale, Theodore isn't engaged in an external fight against military technology or an invading alien species; Theodore is in a struggle with himself. He is in the middle of a divorce with Catherine, who is waiting for the divorce papers to be signed by Theodore. And though, seemingly, he can't let go. Emotional support is what Theodore needs. He wants, above all, a relation. We see Theodore alone in a packed train early in the story, alone at work, alone as he walks home, listening to a "melancholic song" in his earpiece. Individuals are murmuring inaudibly into their devices in the elevator. Commuters do the same on the subway. The movie is set in a world of fiction where technology isolates humans. Where technology pushes people farther away.
He then begins the program and meets “Samantha” whose bright voice shows a personality that is sensitive and playful. While initially “friends”, the relationship soon deepens into love. The movie is an unusually expressed movie of the romance genre, along with some mature themes. The movie also teaches us important lessons widely as we make our way deeper when in a relationship.
The positive elements of the movie:
The movie makes us ponder on questions such as “what is love?”, “why is it special?”, “what makes it last?”, “what makes it go wrong?” and much more, when we humans fall in love with one another. It questions us how we humans define love. We may be glad that Theodore learns how to love the people around him a little more through his friendship with Samantha. That he's writing an amazingly warm letter to his ex-wife, thanking her for what she was and is, and telling her that she'll always have a little piece of his heart.
The movie not only teaches us lessons on love and relationship but is also set in a futuristic time. A futuristic Los Angeles. The film uses its bizarre sci-fi scenarios, tender, soulful, and thought-provoking settings, to both comment on the current dependency of people on technology and impart information about the state of human relationships. The film's production design is an excellent combination of hipster chic and technology-dependent futuristic, engaging the audience throughout with a warm visual glow.
In science fictional romance, she is an intelligent and beautiful achievement; a film on human fragility and the strangest aspirations of platonic love. In this movie, there are so many rich shades I could mull over and anticipate with. It is positively one of those movies I want to watch more than once just to captivate it all again. An unconventional way to tell an age-old tale that works so well that, as its humanity washes over you, you forget about its unconventionality. Overall, Her is a lovely movie complete with great acting, a great story, and a dreamy soundtrack. Miss it and you're going to miss out.
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