This Genre: Done Right.

Rating: 8/10 (16 January 2014)

Great movie. I went into this expecting something different then what I got, nevertheless I was delighted. Phoenix performs awesomely. All together this movie pretty much does everything right in the realm or romantic drama. It puts together characters the viewer can care about and relate to. And then takes you along for a ride of anxieties and hopes. Exploring a very real and fleshed out relationship with slight elements of sci-fi. Also giving you a full view and development of the main characters' ambitions and dreams. Packaged together in what left me with a sad-optimism by the end. It had its heart in the right place, purely a film trying to make a statement and put thought into a story that mattered to the writers, and that shows. One of "Her"'s true strengths is the fact that it creates something that feels very real.
The movie can be awkward at times with its humour, which might be intentional and the ending struck me as a bit random and poorly thought out. But the movie hits a lot of high notes. Probably one of the best I've seen of 2013.