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Original title: Her
Year: 2013
Running time: 126 min.
Country: United States
Director: Spike Jonze
Screenwriter: Spike Jonze
Music: Arcade Fire, Owen Pallett
Cinematography: Hoyte Van Hoytema
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pratt, Portia Doubleday, Alia Janine, Matt Letscher
Producer: Annapurna Pictures. Distributed by Warner Bros.
Genre: Sci-Fi. Romance. Drama | Romantic Drama. Comedy-Drama. Computers / Internet
Synopsis / Plot: In the not so distant future, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user’s every needs. To Theodore’s surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system, named Samantha (Scarlett Johansson's voice). 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.

Awards: 2013: Academy Awards: Best Original Screenplay. 5 nominations.

2013: Golden Globes: Best Screenplay. 3 nominations

2013: National Board of Review (NBR): Best Film & Best Director

2013: New York Film Critics Circle: 3 Nominations, including Best Film

2013: Critics Choice: Best Original Screenplay. 6 nominations, including Best Film

2013: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best Film

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2013: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Original Screenplay

2013: American Film Institute: Top 10 - Movies of the Year

2013: Los Angeles Film Critics: Best Film & Best Production Design. 5 noms

2013: Satellite Awards: 2 Nominations, Including Best Original Screenplay

2013: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Screenplay and Best Original Score. 7 Nominations

2014: Rotterdam Film Festival: Opening Film

Critics' reviews

"With his new movie 'Her'... Jonze creates the splendid anachronism of a movie romance that is laugh-and-cry and warm all over, totally sweet and utterly serious."

Richard Corliss: Time
"At once a brilliant conceptual gag and a deeply sincere romance, 'Her' is the unlikely yet completely plausible love story about a man, who sometimes resembles a machine, and an operating system, who very much suggests a living woman."

Manohla Dargis: The New York Times
"Jonze is a visionary whose lyrical, soulful meditation on relationships of the future cuts to the heart of the way we live now. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"A delicate, droll masterwork. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
"Visionary and traditional, wispy and soulful, tender and cool (...) A film that stands apart from anything else on the horizon in many ways."

Todd McCarthy: The Hollywood Reporter
"The idea certainly has an inquisitive edge, but it's not just a cheeky provocation; Jonze infuses the conceit with genuine passion."

Eric Kohn: IndieWire
"Though set in the future, 'Her' is a timely, soulful and plausible love story. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"

Claudia Puig: USA Today
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