Her

Her

Rating 4 out of 10

There are several movies released every year that push the envelope.  They are way different than other movies released.  Usually small budget films with a very different outlook on life. I generally don't care for these strange movies and I'm usually pretty good at avoiding them.  As I have said in the past if a movie rates above 90% on rottentomatoes.com it's a sign I want to avoid it.  Movie reviewers as a whole are strange birds and when that many agree on a movie you probably want to avoid it.   Normally I would not have bothered with this movie.  I had a couple free passes to a nearby Regal theater and Rocky wanted to see it.

The movie starts off kinda interesting.  Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) several years in the future is trying to get over a divorce a year before.  He gets a new operating system for his computer that is said to have artificial intelligence.  Kind of like Suri on steroids.  The new operating system, Samatha, voiced by Scarlett Johansson becomes his best friend.  He talks to her night and day via a strange little earpiece.  It's kinda cute how the computer learns and how they get along.  There is a bit of witty dialog.

Then it turns reaaaallly strange.  Theodore and Samantha turns into a couple.  They do some really nasty phone sex that creeped me out.  Theodore begins to tell everyone his new girlfriend is his OS and no one bats an eye.  It is really creepy when Samantha complains to Theodore that they never have sex anymore.

The movie is just over two hours in length and seemed much longer.  Can't blame the cast.  Besides Joaquin and Scarlett there is Amy Adams, Rooney Mara and Olivia Wilde.  It's just way to strange for me.