Is social media anti-social? Has the information age divided us as much as it has been meant to unite? Is peer-to-peer simply an ironic term or are inter-personal, face-time relationships ripe for redefinition? While these are not the primary concerns of Spike Jonze's lovely and perceptive relationship drama, "Her," these implications are impossible to ignore in a movie that uses innovative and unconventional methods to explore some very universal anxieties. Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) is a sensitive, heartbroken man, going through a difficult period in his life. Though looking in from the outside, you may not be able to tell by the touchingly personal and thoughtful letters he writes for BeautifulHandwrittenLetters.com. In a utopian Los Angeles of the not-too-distant future where contemporary life feels convenient and warm, the disaffected Theodore is a ghost writer of letters, hired to write correspondence for other people's loved ones. He excels in his job despite...
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