Even Eve went for the Apple

Rating: Null/10 (14 September 2014)

It's called "Her" but actually it's all about him - Theodore, a professional writer of personal letters for those who can't find the words to express their emotions, played by Joaquin Phoenix in a understated performance a million miles from his appearance in "Gladiator". Theodore is rarely off the screen and Phoenix does well to hold the movie for a full two hours.
There are three 'hers' in this original work, both written and directed by Spike Jonze. There is Catherine (Rooney Mara), his estranged wife who wants a divorce, Amy (Amy Adams), a neighbour who is having relationship problems of her own, and Samantha (Scarlett Johansson who is never seen), the voice of the newly-available operating system with whom Theodore falls in love.
At times, amusing, often moving, but ultimately desperately sad, the message of this movie is all too clear: however much we may love our technology (even Eve went for the Apple), it is no substitute for the love of a human being, in spite of the inevitable flaws in all of us.