When appearing onscreen in person, Johansson tends to be the object of heavy scrutiny and quick ridicule but in providing her vocals for this role, she quickly and thoroughly charms the ear through her interactions with Phoenix, while also maintaining subtle inflections that reflect the reality that while personable, she is still playing a machine (ex: switching from natural conversation tone to more mechanized functional tones). The biggest surprise in the film, however, is the effectiveness of Scarlett Johansson as Samantha.
It might be too subtle of a performance to really net the actor an award (as opposed to just nominations), but is a great one, nonetheless. He's never over-the-top or melodramatic, and his interactions with an off-screen character feel as genuine and emotive (if not more so) as a scene with an actual actress. Joaquin Phoenix is tasked with holding the screen (often alone) for the majority of the film's scenes, and he once again proves to be a great actor of his generation, with a very nuanced and sensitive portrayal of a man searching for the next phase of his life. Still, by the end, there is uplifting sentiment to be found, even if the character arc is wrapped much more neatly than some of the other interesting narrative threads - and even if the final send-off is an echo of something we've seen so many times before. From the first encounter between Theo and Sam there is a very clear target Jonze is aiming for, and he locks sight on that target and shoots directly for it, relying on the experience of the journey and the fresh opportunities provided by the futuristic setting to be more engaging than the somewhat cliched destination.
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However, at the same time, the script also rehashes many familiar tropes used by any number of previous books or films about the journey back from heartbreak.įrom the premise alone you can probably guess how the movie flows (initial "puppy-love," the first signs of tension or doubt, the hard realities of commitment, etc.) and most of the deeper themes of the story are not exactly woven in with subtlety. This an intimate, honest, often funny, charming and very insightful story that manages to strike some pretty universal emotional chords.
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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. Before long, Theo finds that he is connecting to Samantha better than he has any of the real women he's encountered but when man and computer begin an earnest love connection, the ramifications of that "love" will impact them in ways neither of them ever expected. companion quickly fashions an identity for herself as "Samantha" (Scarlett Johansson) and goes about trying to improve Theo's life, as well as his sullen disposition. Theodore is a hardcore tech-geek of this Apple-brand future world, which is why it's no surprise that he's lured in by the debut of "OS 1," a new artificially intelligent computer operating system.
In Her, filmmaker Spike Jonze treats us to a vision of the near-future where we meet sensitive writer Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a man in the midst of a lonely depression as a result of his impending divorce. Her is further proof that the outlandish imagination of Spike Jonze may be one of the most accurate and insightful lenses for observing the great human saga.
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