Cuts to the Core *always spoilers*

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2014)

While falling in love with the world Spike Jonze creates (the aesthetics and the technology; the lifestyle), you find yourself falling in love with the OS along with the protagonist. When that happened, I was worried it would take a "Lars and the Real Girl" turn with the introductions of Amy Adams (but was relieved when she developed a relationship with her *own* OS - not that "Lars" wasn't a great movie, but "Her" managed to avoid being derivative) because it wasn't trying to say that "It's okay to love so long as you ultimately give it to another human person". This movie made it okay to love at all; whether it's reciprocated, and whether it's given to something visceral and tangible. It's funny that we refer to the technological phenomenon "The Singularity" in relation to A.I - when the only singularity I paid attention was that of the human condition. Our capacity to love was was shared by Samantha, but our ability to focus it and be one-on-one with another person was outmatched by the OS (capable of loving infinite numbers simultaneously). Heart-warming, heart breaking, and beautiful. This movie honestly confronts loneliness and love in ways that by the credits makes you feel less alone.