This movie could be a masterpiece...if Samantha was believable as AI.

Rating: 4/10 (12 January 2014)

I couldn't suspend my disbelief, so Samantha, the OS Theodore falls in love with, always seemed to me to be human actress Scarlett Johansen in a studio reciting dialog instead of a supremely advanced artificial intelligence, and that completely undermined the entire premise and emotional center of the film.
There is much to like about Her as a drama about relationships, the performances are all top notch, and the idea of falling in love with a machine is more relevant than ever. If the filmmakers had used some creative, subtle device to help the audience believe that Samantha was artificial then this movie would come close to being a masterpiece about the heartbreak of being alive in a digital age.
As it is, Her just didn't quite do it for Me.