Her (2013)

Spike Jonze's best film to date is a whimsical futuro-romance that evolves into hard sci-fi, tracing classic Hollywood love stories into a pastel future. It singles out the film's human and timely take on love, companionship and obsession despite its technological premise.

The review praises the film as remarkable and rich in details about the human condition. It singles out Phoenix's poignant performance and Jonze's sympathetic embrace of the characters' emotions.

The review calls it one of the best studio movies of the year, praising its weird and wonderful technological romance. It highlights Jonze's direction and the film's emotional depth.

The critic calls it one of the best films in years and a love story both daft and amazingly lucid. The evolving relationship and Johansson's voice performance are singled out for praise.

The critic calls it a brilliantly reimagined rom-com that is truly touching and outrageously funny. Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson's performances are singled out for making the film work so well.

Jonze's tender, wry film depicts a man falling for an AI operating system voiced by Scarlett Johansson, exploring intimacy and consciousness in a near-future world. The critic praises the performances, especially Phoenix and Johansson, the inventive premise, and the film's elegant, moving take on human-AI relationships without heavy-handed warnings.

The critic deems it Jonze’s most significant film yet, a sweet, smart, silly and serious work for our times. The witty extrapolations on current memes and the health-check on our digitally prescribed era are singled out.

The critic calls the film a smart, daring, and provocative love story that functions as both entertainment and subtle warning. He singles out the exceptional voice work by Johansson and Jonze’s nerve in fully exploring the implications of the premise.

This terrific film from writer/director Spike Jonze is funny, romantic, touching and thought-provoking, demonstrating his talent for mature and magical film-making. It singles out the central relationship between Phoenix's lonely writer and Johansson's seductive OS voice as both believable and poignant.

Jonze's film is a marvellously unsettling cybernautical romance that nails the authentic feel of internet-era intimacy while diagnosing modern loneliness. The critic praises Phoenix's transcendent performance and the film's sharp insights into technology and relationships.

The critic describes the film as a probing, inquisitive work of a very high order that ponders the nature of love in the encroaching virtual world. Phoenix's performance is singled out as enchantingly open and vulnerable.

Her is a keeper of a film, quietly dazzling as a history of one man's romantic life in a near-future where dating your OS becomes normal. The critic highlights the credible intimacy between Theodore and Samantha and Phoenix's sad, puppy-doggish performance.

Jonze's film is a funny and touching romantic drama with a beautifully sustained lead performance from Joaquin Phoenix that takes the quirkiness of his early work in a more emotional direction. The critic praises the sustained central relationship and its appeal to critics and hip audiences alike.

The critic finds the film distinctive and seductive but wishes he liked it more, noting it is self-conscious and the ending sentimental. He singles out the surrogate scene for fusing romance, disorientation and absurdity.

The critic finds the film charming but too in love with its own cute premise to notice its flaws, resulting in a soft focus. It is critiqued as a conventional Hollywood love story and male wish-fulfilment that feels flat and unreal.

The critic dismisses the film as a facile, sentimental cautionary tale that offers warnings where none are needed and relies on psychobabble. He singles out the lack of genuine human connection and the overly sweet, artificial tone as major flaws.

The critic praises Jonze’s exquisite, modest-scale romance between a man and an operating system as plausible and deeply sincere. She singles out the film’s hushed beauty, tactile details, and the empathetic voice performance for particular note.

The critic hails Jonze’s singular, wryly funny, and emotionally mature consideration of technology and relationships as his richest work yet. He singles out the plausible near-future vision of Los Angeles and the complex, body-less performance by Johansson.

The critic praises Jonze's delicate handling of the premise of a man falling in love with an AI, highlighting the tender, funny, and touching love story and the head-spinning existential questions it raises. He singles out the performances of Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson for making the unconventional relationship relatable and emotional.

The critic praises Jonze's original and emotionally deep exploration of love and technology through a man falling for an AI OS, highlighting the philosophical questions and strong performances, but notes a slight stumble in bringing everything together cohesively.

The critic finds that Spike Jonze's bittersweet love story succeeds where his prior films fell short, balancing ambition with emotional payoff in a plausible near-future setting. The review highlights the film's intelligent exploration of relationships and strong lead performances, especially Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson's voice work.

Spike Jonze's Her is a flawed but very good film about a man forming a genuine relationship with an AI OS. The critic singles out the positive, inventive approach to technology and relationships, strong performances especially from Phoenix, and the bright, funny tone with sci-fi elements.

Spike Jonze delivers a poignant, moving love story for the Apple age with Joaquin Phoenix as a man falling for his OS voiced by Scarlett Johansson. The critic highlights the balance of humour and heart, Phoenix's sensitive performance, and the relevant exploration of technology pushing people apart.