Review of Her (2013) by Farrel — 19 Jan 2014
The movie is boring, very boring. It has a modicum of redeeming features but they are thoroughly smothered by the tedious boredom. My wife loved it so be warned that I may simply be a concrete emotionally shallow individual. The movie is a science fiction romantic drama set in a time where operating systems and artificial intelligence have developed so far that one can have a relationship with one's operating system. The movie explores the Utopian and dystopian consequences and compares and contrasts them with the current human status quo that we are all currently familiar with.
1 part comedy.
2 parts fascinating computer science fiction exploration.
1 part beautiful design (beautiful workplace, interesting elevators, nice apartments).
2 parts good acting.
2 parts lush cinematographic city scapes.
126 parts excruciatingly boring emotional schmaltz that just goes on and on.
Unquestionably, the two highlights were: 1) the Toblerone chocolate triangle my friend gave me and 2) the end when I got to walk out.
This review of Her (2013) was written by Farrel on 19 Jan 2014.
Her has generally received very positive reviews.
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