Too modern, too weird, too nothing

Rating: 4/10 (10 January 2014)

I realise that in the near future in which this film is set, things may be different from how they are now. In fact, I hope they are. But to this extent? I even find the basic premise of falling in love with your operating system hard to swallow. Still, I gave the film a try.
It's slow. 'Lovingly' shot, with romantic music, it creates a kind of limbo not showing the future (no great sets or CG, mostly tight and dark shots), leading the viewer into a dream-like cocoon. No wonder I started to fall asleep.
I'm sure that there are people for whom phone/cyber sex is the intimacy of choice; I find it ridiculous. Of course, and I am not giving anything away here, there is cyber sex in this film. It's not romantic, touching or meaningful; it's sad, pathetic and not a little creepy.
Since the OS is incorporeal, we know the two of them are never going to get together, so what could the film be about? Take a wild guess. Yep, got it in one; they both learn something from each other and move on.
The film somehow does not realise that you need a body in order to have emotions. This really is a key point. You cannot FEEL without a body! An AI OS simply would not respond/react in the manner portrayed. It's as if your fridge started crying because you weren't eating healthily.
I could not empathise with the main character (excellently portrayed by JP) as he spent so much of the film moping. He has friends he refuses to see, he doesn't want to socialise, and likes masturbating to voices.
The movie S1mone was far more enjoyable as there was at least a face that was presented with which one could empathise and the computer wasn't self-indulgent.
Her is simply slow, unbelievable, and rather pathetic.