For the month of February, we will be watching Spike Jonze's Her.
Her is a 2013 American science-fiction romantic comedy drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Spike Jonze. Her follows Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha (Scarlett Johansson), an artificially intelligent virtual assistant personified through a female voice. The film also stars Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, and Chris Pratt. Her was dedicated to James Gandolfini, Harris Savides, Maurice Sendak and Adam Yauch, who all died before the film's release. The film received numerous awards and nominations, primarily for Jonze's screenplay. At the 86th Academy Awards, Her received five nominations, including Best Picture, and won for Best Original Screenplay.
The film currently holds a fresh rating of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and Glenn Kenny writing for Rogerebert.com gave it 3.5/4 stars saying this in his review, "Spike Jonze’s “Her” plays like a kind of miracle the first time around. Watching its opening shots of Joaquin Phoenix making an unabashed declaration of eternal love to an unseen soul mate is immediately disarming. The actor is so unaffected, so sincere, so drained of the tortured eccentricity that’s a hallmark of most of the roles that he plays. The futuristic premise sets the stage for an unusual love story: one in which Theo, still highly damaged and sensitive over the breakup of his marriage falls in love with the artificially intelligent operating system of his computer. It’s in Theo and Samantha’s initial interaction that “Her” finds its most interesting, and troubling depths. This is all laid out with superb craft and imagination. “Her” remains one of the most engaging and genuinely provocative movies you’re likely to see this year, and definitely a challenging but not inapt date movie."
We will be meeting Thursday, Feb. 27 at 5:30 pm
Here's a trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU0X1_KTDgc
Hope to see you there!
