{"id":551,"date":"2014-08-05T10:42:32","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T14:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=551"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T18:32:00","slug":"her-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=551","title":{"rendered":"Her-2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Her-2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Spike Jonze<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #147<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed August 5, 2014<\/p>\n

Grade: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Her (2013) is a very unique film directed by Spike Jonze.<\/p>\n

The film tells the tale of a lonely, depressed man named Theodore, played by Joaquin Phoenix, who lives in a beautiful high-rise in futuristic Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

He works as a writer for a company that creates intimate cards for people in relationships.<\/p>\n

After a recent divorce, he falls in love with his computerized operating system, Samantha, played by Scarlett Johansson (voice only).<\/p>\n

Conflicts emerge as the relationship deepens and intensifies.<\/p>\n

This is a uniquely crafted love story, but also a story of loneliness and the world of technology we now live in.<\/p>\n

It portrays human relationships as troubled and unsuccessful, yet several characters have wonderful relationships with computers.<\/p>\n

Is this what the future may bring for human beings? How many people have fallen in love with a fantasy or a voice on the phone?<\/p>\n

The film ponders how technological advances have changed relationships and wonders what will happen further into the future. Technology, while wonderful, has changed our interpersonal relationships, and this film delves deeply into that.<\/p>\n

Conversation is a lost art, and Her captures both the joys and tragedies of technology.<\/p>\n

Visually, the film is successful because it portrays Los Angeles in a sophisticated, ultra-sleek, modern way that is fascinating.<\/p>\n

Several technological games are featured (the Alien child is brilliantly comical), and the “Mom points” are fascinatingly ironic.<\/p>\n

Her is a deep film that raises questions, and I applaud this in modern cinema.<\/p>\n

Her is a slow-moving film, but a questioning one.<\/p>\n

It won the 2013 Best Original Screenplay Oscar, and I am so glad the Academy recognized the film’s originality.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations: 1 win-<\/strong>Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay (won)<\/strong>, Best Original Score, Best Original Song-“The Moon Song”, Best Production Design<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Her-2013 Director Spike Jonze Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson Scott’s Review #147 Reviewed August 5, 2014 Grade: A- Her (2013) is a very unique film directed by Spike Jonze. The film tells the tale of a lonely, depressed man named Theodore, played by Joaquin Phoenix, who lives in a beautiful high-rise in futuristic Los Angeles. … Continue reading Her-2013<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,192,41,211,11666,222,103],"tags":[2800,2680,2569,3399,2374,2753,3939,2991,3889,2250],"class_list":["post-551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-films","category-dramas","category-indiefilms","category-indie-dramas","category-los-angeles","category-romantic-dramas","category-scifi","tag-amy-adams","tag-bill-hader","tag-brian-cox","tag-chris-pratt","tag-joaquin-phoenix","tag-kristen-wiig","tag-olivia-wilde","tag-rooney-mara","tag-scarlett-johansson","tag-spike-jonze"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24545,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions\/24545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}