
Her (2013)
A Spike Jonze love story.
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Her rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8/10 on IMDb and 91/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About Her
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.
Cast of Her

Joaquin Phoenix
as Theodore

Scarlett Johansson
as Samantha (voice)

Lynn Adrianna
as Letter Writer #1

Lisa Renee Pitts
as Letter Writer #2

Gabe Gomez
as Letter Writer #3

Chris Pratt
as Paul

Artt Butler
as Text Voice (voice)

May Lindstrom
as Sexy Pregnant TV Star

Rooney Mara
as Catherine

Bill Hader
as Chat Room Friend #2 (voice)

Kristen Wiig
as SexyKitten (voice)

Brian D. Johnson
as OS1 Commercial Lead
Her facts
- Budget
- $23M
- Box office
- $47.4M
Our take on Her
Spike Jonze's 2013 romance follows a lonely writer who falls in love with an advanced AI operating system — a relationship that's tender, funny and quietly profound about connection in a screen-lit age. Beautiful and melancholy, it asks what intimacy means when one partner has no body. If its gentle sci-fi and emotional ache moved you, seek out cerebral romances and near-future dramas about love, loneliness and technology.
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Spike Jonze explores AI companionship with surprisingly nuanced emotional complexity
- •Future setting feels plausible and intimate rather than coldly dystopian or militaristic
- •Heartbreak narrative about impossible love feels contemporary and philosophically relevant
What the audience disliked
- •Romance between human and artificial intelligence may feel conceptually uncomfortable
- •Lonely protagonist archetype borders on mopey wallowing rather than active engagement
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