Interesting but two-dimensional

Rating: 5/10 (2 March 2014)

Romantic science fiction drama takes us into a near future where the boundaries between virtual, robotic, feelings and consciousness merge into a melancholy story of alienation and male-female relationships. Despite the well-done production design and interesting concept about a love affair between the lone writer (Joaquin Phoenix) and the operating system named Samantha (Scarlett Johansson), movie seems to be predominantly two-dimensional due to simplified development of the operating system. This artificial hyper-smart being and its growth is carried out like a discovering of the world by a teenage schoolgirl. Predictable ending definitely did not help the film to avoid mediocre development of a interesting concept.