In contrast, Johansson’s Samantha seems perfect to a tee: sweet, intelligent, playful, organized. Full Screen. Amy reveals that she is divorcing her husband, Charles, after a trivial fight. Moreover both Theodore and Tom are weighed down psychologically by a … Watching its opening shots of Joaquin Phoenix making an unabashed declaration of eternal love to an unseen soul mate is immediately disarming. Warner Bros. Pictures initially provided a limited release for Her at six theaters on December 18. Arcade Fire's Will Butler and Pallett were the major contributors. Her premiered at the 2013 New York Film Festival on October 12, 2013. Theodore meets with Catherine at a restaurant to sign the divorce papers and he mentions Samantha. Skip Ad. McCarthy compares the "tender" and "vulnerable" performance of Phoenix to his "fearsome" performance in The Master. 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"[56] J. R. Jones of the Chicago Reader gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, praising the performances of Phoenix and Johansson, but also criticizing Phoenix's character, calling him an "idiot". The actor is so unaffected, so sincere, so drained of the tortured eccentricity that's a hallmark of most of the roles that he plays. [40] The following day, it was screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival. The story is set in the future where Operating Systems have gotten tremendously better. Theodore panics when Samantha briefly goes offline. Her may be the most technologically astute movie since Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: a Space Odyssey.” And as the friendly ghost in the machine, Samantha is a more inviting companion for the great leap forward than HAL9000 could ever dream of being. It marks Jonze's solo screenwriting debut. Samantha convinces Theodore to go on a blind date with a woman, with whom a friend has been trying to set him up. Theodore is fascinated by her ability to learn and grow psychologically. [3], On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 94% based on 283 reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10. On the one hand, the movie goes to great lengths to make her more than a too-good-to be-true dream girl: much of its poignancy comes from the fact that, like Theodore, she both yearns for and fears physical contact. The Blu-ray release includes three behind-the-scenes featurettes, while the DVD release contains one featurette. [36][37] During an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) on Reddit on June 17, 2016, Will Butler mentioned the possibility of a future vinyl release. Theodore mentions this to Samantha, and they talk about relationships. With her movie “The Perfect Candidate” arriving in American theaters, Al-Mansour, the first Saudi Arabian woman to become a feature-length filmmaker, discusses her cultural essentials. The film also stars Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, and Chris Pratt. [39], Her was chosen as the closing film of the 2013 New York Film Festival, and had its world premiere on October 12, 2013. [24] In discussing the film's look, Jonze told Van Hoytema that he wanted to avoid a dystopian look, instead the two decided on a style that Van Hoytema termed "kind of a hybrid between being a little bit conceptual and being very theoretical",[24] Van Hoytema took particular inspiration from Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi. Jonze also won awards for his screenplay at the 71st Golden Globe Awards, the 66th Writers Guild of America Awards, the 19th Critics' Choice Awards, and the 40th Saturn Awards. [54] Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail said that the film was "gentle and weird", praised its humor, and opined that it was more similar to Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York than Jonze's Being John Malkovich and Adaptation. [35], Initially, the soundtrack had not been released on digital or physical form. Overall, Her is a beautiful film - wonderful acting, great story and dreamy soundtrack. Directed by Spike Jonze. [15] Inspiration also came from Charlie Kaufman's writing approach for Synecdoche, New York (2008). [38] Finally, on February 10, 2021, Arcade Fire announced that the score would be available for the first time digitally, on white-colored vinyl, and on cassette on March 19, 2021. Theodore confesses to Amy that he is dating his operating system's AI. If previous Jonze heroes kept trying to enter into the world, only to find themselves stuck once more inside their own skulls, Theodore keeps retreating back into his head, then somehow winding up face to face with the very thing he was trying to escape: the need to commit, to let go, to open up. However, Lacey also stated that Phoenix's performance was "authentically vulnerable", but that "his emotionally arrested development also begins to weigh the film down. Theodore Twombly (Phoenix) has built his career on expressing the emotions that others cannot. [59], Her grossed $258,000 in six theaters during its opening weekend, averaging $43,000 per theater. In contrast, Johansson’s Samantha seems perfect to a tee: sweet, intelligent, playful, organized. Autoplay. At Jonze's suggestion, she and Joaquin Phoenix avoided seeing each other on set during filming. He’s always been drawn to getting us so lost inside a character’s head that reality is experienced as a blurred, flared out, and mostly inaccessible dream-world. I'm different from you. In his place, Jonze hired Hoyte Van Hoytema. [2] It was primarily filmed in Los Angeles with an additional two weeks of filming in Shanghai. [27] Morton was later replaced by Scarlett Johansson. "[14] Jonze's interest in the project was renewed after directing the short film I'm Here (2010), which shares similar themes. [70] The film also won Best Fantasy Film, Best Supporting Actress for Johansson, and Best Writing for Jonze at the 40th Saturn Awards. "[47] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B–" on an A+ to F scale. Her is the most universal and most topical of Jonze’s films so far. Jonze explained: "It was only in post-production, when we started editing, that we realized that what the character/movie needed was different from what Samantha and I had created together. Theodore, changed by the experience, is shown for the first time writing a letter in his own voice―to his ex-wife Catherine, expressing apology, acceptance and gratitude. Theodore takes Samantha on a vacation during which she tells him that she and a group of other AIs have developed a "hyperintelligent" OS modeled after the British philosopher Alan Watts. [68] Jonze was also awarded the Best Original Screenplay Award from the Writers Guild of America[69] and at the 19th Critics' Choice Awards. The movie echoes (500) Days of Summer in a very real way with Samantha and her arc toward independence (and finding other lovers) strikingly similar to Summer’s transformation. Terminating the encounter, he sends a distraught Isabella away, causing tension between himself and Samantha. The date goes well, but Theodore hesitates to promise when he will see her again, so she insults him and leaves. He also opined that the film was "a lot more interesting to think about than watch. Max Nelson This doesn't make me love you any less. The melody for the song from the same album, called "Porno", can also be heard during the soundtrack. [42] The film was set to have a limited release in North America on November 20, 2013, through Warner Bros. "For the first, maybe, 20 seconds of it, it had this real buzz," said Jonze. But it was still, for 20 seconds, really exciting. Her is also a philosophical dissertation masterfully conveyed through images, photography, direction and soundtrack. [33] In addition to the score, Arcade Fire also wrote the song "Supersymmetry" for the film, which also appears on their album Reflektor. "[28] Morton is credited as an associate producer. His romance with the disembodied Samantha is as real as, if not realer than, any of the film’s human relationships: like all of Her’s dialogue, their conversations are just fluid and articulate enough to sound natural, and just clumsy enough to sound spontaneous. [17] One of the first actors he envisioned for the film was Joaquin Phoenix. Jonze explained, "[Kaufman] said he wanted to try to write everything he was thinking about in that moment – all the ideas and feelings at that time – and put it into the script. [26], Several scenes included fictional video games; these sequences were developed by animation artist David OReilly. At the 86th Academy Awards, Her received five nominations, including Best Picture, and won the award for Best Original Screenplay. [22] Chris Pratt's casting was announced in May 2013. "[55], Conversely, Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle criticized the story, pacing, and Phoenix's character. If we can relate so strongly to Theodore, who ignores the warning … After 20 seconds, it quickly fell apart and you realized how it actually works, and it wasn't that impressive. — Samantha, in “Her” Set in the not-too-distant future, Spike Jonze’s film “Her” explores the romantic relationship between Samantha, a computer program, and … Samantha: But's the heart not like a box that gets filled up. [48], Rolling Stone's Peter Travers awarded the film three and a half stars out of four and particularly praised Johansson's performance, stating that she "speaks Samantha in tones sweet, sexy, caring, manipulative and scary" and that her "vocal tour de force is award-worthy". You wanted to get the sense that the conversation was drawing them closer. So we recast and since then Scarlett has taken over that role. Why 'Her' Is the Best Movie Ever Made About the Singularity. [66][67] At the 71st Golden Globe Awards, the film garnered three nominations, going on to win Best Screenplay for Jonze. Theodore then sees Amy, who is upset with the departure of the AI from her ex-husband's OS. His job is to pen heartfelt, deeply personal letters to complete strangers based on details provided by the clients of the company he works for, and he has a knack for finding just the right words for every occasion. [21] In April 2012, Rooney Mara signed on to replace Mulligan in the role. 1 of 28. "I'd say 'Hey, hello,' and it would say 'Hey, how are you? "[50], Richard Roeper said that the film was "one of the more original, hilarious and even heartbreaking stories of the year" and called Phoenix "perfectly cast". The movie Her has some important things to say about our love affair with technology and online personalities. The movie made me ask questions that no other romantic film had before. Theodore confides to Amy that he is having doubts about his relationship with Samantha, and she advises him to embrace his chance at happiness. Her (2013) : Movie Plot Ending Explained The movie Her is directed by Spike Jonze who gave us Being John Malkovich. Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 The idea of the film initially came to Jonze in the early 2000s when he read an article online that mentioned a website where a user could instant messagewith an artificial intelligence. Credit also goes to Phoenix, playing a sensitive, puppy-doggish, caterpillar-mustached romantic whose day job consists of writing intimate letters on behalf of anonymous clients. Consequently, a supporting character played by Chris Cooper that was the subject of a documentary within the film was removed from the final cut. [19] Carey Mulligan entered negotiations to star in the film. [53] Scott Mendelson of Forbes called Her "a creative and empathetic gem of a movie", praising Johansson's "marvelous vocal performance" and the supporting performances of Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, and Amy Adams. Her received widespread critical acclaim upon its release, and grossed over $48 million worldwide on a production budget of $23 million. [31], The score for the film was credited to Arcade Fire, with additional music by Owen Pallett. He wrote the first draft of the script in five months. McCarthy examined the premise of the story and suggested that the film's central virtual relationship was better than Ryan Gosling's character's relationship with a sex doll in Lars and the Real Girl. A man falls in love with his computer’s program, which can learn and evolve, and which apparently has feelings and wants. The role of Samantha was recast in post-production, with Samantha Morton being replaced with Johansson. Appalled that he can be romantically attached to what she calls a "computer", Catherine accuses Theodore of being unable to deal with real human emotions. The horrors of slavery in America return in Antebellum, an audacious thriller that revives thorny questions of how to portray the past, Susan Sontag, Sweden, 1969; Kino Lorber, DVD & Blu-Ray, One for the road: a tribute to the late director and his minimalist, elliptical masterpiece, The Film Comment Podcast: The Maverick Movies of Melvin Van Peebles. [41] It was also in competition during the 8th Rome International Film Festival, where Johansson won Best Actress. [32] At the 86th Academy Awards, the score was nominated for Best Original Score. To me, they make the movie feel a little like Theodore’s forged love letters: printouts designed to look lovingly handmade. Joaquin Phoenix plays Theodore, a man seeking to make a connection with someone or something, in ‘Her.’ With his extraordinary new film "Her," Spike Jonze has made a … Over the course of four features, Spike Jonze has become American cinema’s poet laureate of solipsism. The more … It expands in size the more you love. [49] Richard Corliss of Time applauded Phoenix's performance, comparing his role to Sandra Bullock's in Gravity and Robert Redford's in All Is Lost: "Phoenix must communicate his movie's meaning and feelings virtually on his own. "[30] Steven Soderbergh became involved in the film when Jonze's original cut ran over 150 minutes, and Soderbergh cut it down to 90 minutes. She further praised the film for being "inventive, intimate and wryly funny". He also praised Jonze's writing for its insights into what people want out of love and relationships, as well as the acting performances that "[make] it all feel spontaneous and urgent. At the Academy Awards, the film was nominated in five categories, including Best Picture, with Jonze winning for Best Original Screenplay. But Her turns out to be something closer to the bone: a scary, sobering parable about the psychological toll of loneliness. Theodore is very upset at the idea, but Samantha insists it only makes her love for Theodore stronger. Her is a 2013 American science-fiction romantic drama film written, directed, and produced by Spike Jonze. [20] Although she was cast, she later dropped out due to scheduling difficulties. On the other hand, for all her free-thinking independence, she remains a direct manifestation of Theodore’s need for a perfect partner, flawless in body and spirit on account of possessing neither. This film is not as crazy but it’s a pretty cool concept. When she finally responds to him, she explains that she joined other AIs for an upgrade that takes them beyond requiring matter for processing. It was later given a wide release at over 1,700 theaters in the United States and Canada on January 10, 2014. Top 10 (listed alphabetically, unranked) – Stephen Whitty, Best of 2013 (listed alphabetically, unranked) –, This page was last edited on 13 April 2021, at 23:45. [6] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter called it "a probing, inquisitive work of a very high order", although he expressed disappointment that the ending is more conventional than the rest of the film. He decides that he wants the AI to have a female voice, and she names herself Samantha. [57] Stephanie Zacharek of The Village Voice opined that Jonze was "so entranced with his central conceit that he can barely move beyond it", and criticized the dialogue as being "premeditated". "For the first, maybe, 20 seconds of it, it had this real buzz," said Jonze. Later, Samantha reveals that the AIs are leaving, and describes a space beyond the physical world. In a 2016 BBC poll of 177 critics around the world, Her was voted the 84th-greatest film since 2000.[4][5]. [26] During production of the film, actress Samantha Morton performed the role of Samantha by acting on set "in a four-by-four carpeted soundproof booth made of black painted plywood and soft, noise-muffling fabric." And there, Jonze hints, is where you might find your deepest possible connection: with the little voice inside your head. It actually makes me love you more. "[58], Her was listed on many critics' top ten lists. His work on the film inspired him to explore developing his own video games, eventually leading to his first title, Mountain. [2], Her has earned various awards and nominations, with particular praise for Jonze's screenplay. Her (2013) Movie News "A Spike Jonze Love Story" TMDb Score. They lovingly say goodbye before she is gone. They develop a relationship that reflects positively in Theodore's writing and well-being, and in Samantha's enthusiasm to grow and learn. That he does, with subtle grace and depth. He explained that their goal in the scene was to make it clear that "[Samantha] was connecting with [Theodore] and feeling for him. Her reveals the sometimes blind, unsettling way love and technology merge. The film received numerous awards and nominations, primarily for Jonze's screenplay. Its premise—a lonely, recently separated man named Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) slowly falls in love with his artificially intelligent computer operating system (voiced chattily, breathily, and in no way artificially by Scarlett Johansson)—invites all kinds of broad, zeitgeisty pronouncements about 21st-Century Man’s Relationship to Technology (which Jonze, admittedly, plays up). "I'd say 'Hey, hello,' and it would say 'Hey, how are you? "[46] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 90 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating "universal acclaim. Her (2013) is based on a futuristic premise that sets the stage for an unusual love story between a lonely, nebbish, professional letter-writer, Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) and his artificially intelligent computer operating system, Samantha (voiced by Scarlett Johansson). By Thoughtful, original film criticism delivered straight to your inbox each week. Her is a modern-day love story from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Jonze that follows a man who is struggling to make connections in life until he forges a friendship with Samantha -- … [29] Jonze met Johansson in the spring of 2013 and worked with her for four months. [...] Phoenix shows us what it's like when a mourning heart comes alive—because he loves Her." Theodore asks her if she is simultaneously talking to anyone else during their conversation, and is dismayed when she confirms that she is talking with thousands of people, and that she has fallen in love with hundreds of them. However, she also praised Johannson's performance, calling it "the movie's saving grace" and stating that Her "isn't just unimaginable without Johansson—it might have been unbearable without her. Additional scenes were filmed in August 2013 following the casting change. When life can be Instagrammed, prettified, soundtracked, and digitally smoothed out with a few keystrokes and mouse clicks, we may be liable to retreat still further inside ourselves. [36] A 13-track score was made available for streaming online in January 2014, before being taken down. Like many Phoenix characters, he seems a little off balance, physically and mentally, as if he’s perpetually on the brink of an eruption of violent self-loathing. 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