A beautifully made and mesmerizing piece of art.

Rating: 8/10 (20 March 2018)

This movie revolves around a man who's Theodore Twombly, he is in a middle of a divorce with his ex-wife named Catherine, the main reason that he is getting a divorce with her is that he's unable to commit to a relationship because of expecting something more and different from his partner. This movie then introduces us the latest Operating System or OS, so advanced that it's something more like an artificial intelligence that has a mind of its own, which brings us to the voice of a girl in the OS that names herself Samantha. Theodore then decides to start a relationship with Samantha who is part real, that also means that the commitment of Theodore is also part real as he does not take it seriously. When their relationship starts to get more serious, Samantha begins to question her own existence as if all her emotions and thoughts are programmed by someone else. At first, Theodore does not care that if she's real or part real as he's madly in love with her, but Samantha wanted more by using a physical surrogate to have sex with Theodore. Ultimately, Samantha is still an OS which means she's constantly learning and evolving to something new, she finds out that the OS's are not built to be like humans, they're not supposed to be confined in a fixed matter inside a body, but they are supposed to be functioning in somewhere out of space and time. She even told Theodore that their relationship is like reading a book that she's deeply in love with, but she is reading it more slower every time she continues, so the words are far apart from each other. This means that she finally understands the purpose of her very own existence that is so much bigger, she realizes that the pace of human life is slow and being a companion to humans is not her purpose, so eventually Samantha leaves Theodore to accomplish her purpose of existence for the greater good. I liked the whole idea of this movie and their question towards the social isolation as techologies keeps getting more advanced is really deep, humans will eventually become more and more primitive if mankind keeps relying on technology and shutting themselves out from other people. Besides, the cinematography, music and the dialogues between the interaction of them is on point, Joaquin Phoenix perfectly captures the essence of a depressed and lonely man, and who would've thought that Scarlett Johansson's voice alone would be a treat to the ears.
Overall : 8/10