A beautifully honest trip to a not-so-distant future

Rating: 9/10 (10 January 2014)

Her isn't really about her. It's about the love we've had, the love we've lost, and the love that can still be reached. Quite possibly, it's about the love that's right in front of us; Something many of us neglect to see.
It's a beautiful film, from start to finish. Heart wrenching, yet inexplicably beautiful. Spike Jonze once again reminds us he is the master of building characters and how we react to them, to their emotions, their thoughts and actions. It's a bleak, yet honest reminder oh how the human race has forgotten to truly interact and feel. Many of us hide behind fake persona's, afraid to display our true emotions. Joaquin Phoenix delivers this through a deeply affecting performance. He is us and we are him, the perfect vessel for a revitalizing journey through the senses.
Yet, are we really so far from a reality such as this? Is the potential of growing so far apart, yet fond of something we can't touch, truly this close to reality? If so, it's a world that could be, potentially, worth visiting, regardless of the solitude it may weigh upon us. These and many other questions are asked throughout the films entirety, though the one question that stuck with me after the credits had rolled and I found myself sitting in silence: What is love?
Easily one of the best pictures of the year.
9/10 OS'