![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This an intimate, honest, often funny, charming and very insightful story that manages to strike some pretty universal emotional chords. The script was also written by Jonze, and it progresses according to a carefully-controlled tempo and smart series of stops along the narrative and character arcs, providing strong development by way of some episodic tangents into Theodore's attempts to reclaim some form of love in his life. The bright color schemes, sepia-washed cinematography and scene-to-scene composition combine for a visual palette that is captivating without being distracting, and the world of the film is, in general, a fun sandbox to play in while getting deeper into the emotional character story. The future he imagines looks all-too-real and organically grown out of the world we live in now - seemingly familiar while still providing the technological flourishes that make sci-fi interesting and thought-provoking when compared to current reality. On a directorial level, Jonze has once again brought his unique visual creativity to life in a very grounded way. But while Jonze does indeed succeed in creating a very engaging and fresh twist on an old tale, the resulting commentary may feel overly-familiar (and somewhat predictable) by the end of the journey. In Her, the goal is to examine the process of loving through a non-traditional, non-physical relationship, set within a world that borders eerily close to our tech-infused (and as a result, alienating) modern reality. Spike Jonze is famous for his high-concept films like Being John Malkovich or Where the Wild Things Are that use very unorthodox premises to provide for real and relevant insight into the human mind and/or soul, as it relates to connective thread of life experience. ![]()
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