The screenplay alone is worth your time.

Rating: 7/10 (22 July 2014)

I was beyond pumped to see such an original concept get some critical praise. Her's screenplay alone is what people should be praising. It is probably one of the best screenplays I have ever seen. It has relatable and quirky humor that constantly grabs your attention. It adds great character and heart to the story. The humor is also very funny with great gags on how life works and great quotes from Amy Adams's character. Unfortunately I can't rate this film higher because of two reasons. One is the film's length. Some parts felt they took way to long to get going and didn't keep the plot moving. Another problem was some of the sex scenes. I just felt some of them were ridiculously unnecessary. I understand some of them (the pitch black scene where Theodore is only DESCRIBING the actions is great), but with other scenes I wouldn't have much of a problem with them if they didn't feel so awkward and forced. The plot also went into a weird direction as well. For instance, what is the first thing the computer Samantha wants to learn when she was first created? How to have sex. ..I'm not making this up. She even goes to the length of hiring someone to pretend to be her and have sex with Theodore! It's...odd to say the least. The film originally set up a feeling that this world is all about listening and not actually seeing or doing (heck, a whole major character doesn't even have a body). Putting in a sex scenes ruins the notion that Samantha can have a character without actually having a body. It defeats the purpose. But other than that if that doesn't bother you, there's not much negative to say about it besides the movies length. The writing alone is enough to recommend this one.