Her? Are You Kidding Me?

Rating: 1/10 (23 July 2015)

I think that one of two things have happened here. One possible scenario is that this film is supposed to be a supped-up version of a PSA to look up from your phones, smart devices, etc. Or, two, this movie made absolutely no sense whatsoever. At this point, it's the latter of the two. I really wouldn't have thought that this could be "a thing"....think Seinfeld here. Theodore, Joquain Phoenix, is this horribly depressed, recently divorced man with a career in "personal letter writing" (yeah, because THAT'S a thing, right? )..yeah, maybe now you get the picture. No? OK, I'll elaborate. Socially repressed, ultra-sensitive type guy gets divorced, after being asked for quite a while to sign the papers, all because he is "falling in love" with an 'OS'. Now, for all you normal people out there, that stands for 'Operating System'. Let that sink in. Operating System. As in, "smart" technology, disembodied, nonhuman voice. (Again, is this a thing, seriously? ) Dating a computer. Literally. 'Samantha', played by Scarlett Johansson, is said Operating System. Sure, her voice is recognizable, almost instantly, but it's the fact that, as a viewer, you feel completely awkward. Voyeuristic somehow. I don't know. Anyway, that's the basis of the film. I don't know what was more disturbing, the fact that this guy is completely inept; both socially, emotionally, and completely unaware of the fact that his behavior is abnormal. The Operating System becomes super clingy. Beginning with the opening moments where Theodore is cyber-sexing with another disembodied female....something about choking her out with a dead cat. To the 'rent-a-body' nonsense that the Operating System somehow finds to engineer an actual corporeal /physical relationship. Complete with, "tell me you love me".... Are you kidding me! ? What? THIS IS A THING? Noooooo THIS is NOT a THING THIS IS A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME. PERIOD. END PROGRAM Complete trash.