Her
2013
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FILMBOT SCORE
8.7
Ambition
8.93
Justification
Jonze’s film is unapologetically ambitious in its intimate way: a daring conceptual gamble that reframes a small romance into a philosophical probe about love, consciousness and technological intimacy, realized with polished design, brave performances and clear auteurial vision. Its restraint—modest scale and a mostly linear structure—keeps the reach focused but occasionally leaves narrative thinn
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8.83
9.04
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Casting
8.92
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The casting is a near-flawless engine: Phoenix’s brittle interior and Johansson’s astonishingly expressive voice create an improbably convincing, tender central relationship, and the supporting players quietly buttress the film’s emotional logic. The only real caveat is a stylized, somewhat homogeneous world—few breakout newcomers and a muted diversity that undercuts realism without breaking the s
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8.9
8.94
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Characters
8.86
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The film’s characters are richly drawn and emotionally convincing—Theodore and Samantha (and the Amy subplot) carry a rare intimacy and chemistry that make the central relationship feel inevitable and lived‑in. Peripheral figures and backstories are sometimes sketched rather than excavated, and while the characters sparked cultural conversation they stop short of becoming untouchable icons.
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8.86
8.86
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Cinematography
8.61
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Hoyte van Hoytema’s cinematography bathes the film in a quietly incandescent light and frames intimacy with elegant precision, turning everyday interiors into emotionally resonant tableaux. It rarely shocks with daring angles or architectural bravura—its strength is a poised, immersive control of movement and tone that favors subtle poetry over flashy invention.
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8.62
8.59
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Colour Grading
9.13
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The film’s colour grading is a near‑flawless, warm pastel wash that quietly carries Jonze’s emotional architecture—seamlessly marrying production design and Hoytema’s lighting while preserving skin tones and tonal fidelity. Only occasional, deliberate shifts and a slight tug between stylisation and absolute clinical clarity keep it from feeling entirely invisible, yet the grade remains central to
Individual Runs
9.18
9.09
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Continuity / Plot Holes
9.34
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Her world rarely stumbles: its near‑future rules, temporal and spatial logic, and cause‑and‑effect remain coherently sustained, letting the central OS conceit evolve without contradiction. Only small emotional leaps and a handful of trivial prop/wardrobe goofs punctuate the surface—curiosities that invite interpretation rather than threaten the film’s integrity.
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9.42
9.25
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Direction
9.26
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Jonze’s direction is a singular, melancholic signature that elevates a modest, original screenplay into a tactile, emotionally immersive film, coaxing transfixing performances and marrying sight and sound with rare finesse. It’s confidently collaborative rather than dictatorial—occasionally auteurly in its firmness but never to the film’s detriment—resulting in a harmonious, deeply felt cinematic
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9.25
9.27
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Editing
8.96
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The editing is a quietly precise hand that sculpts the film’s languid rhythms and emotional arcs—cuts and transitions that feel musical and inevitable, montages that compress life without confusion, and continuity that keeps intimacy taut. It favors understatement over gimmickry, occasionally lingering where a keener scalpel might sharpen the focus, but otherwise maintains a subtly rigorous grace.
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8.91
9.02
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Execution Of Premise / Pitch / Concept
8.98
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The film nails its strange, tender premise with steady clarity and surprising emotional depth, turning a high‑concept OS–human setup into a fully realized meditation on loneliness, identity and connection. Small lapses—occasional pacing lulls, underused side threads and a deliberate vagueness about broader social stakes—temper but do not undermine its thematic coherence and poignancy.
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8.88
9.09
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Hair & Make Up
8.1
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Make‑up and hair in Her are exercises in disciplined restraint: impeccably executed, durable and seamlessly married to the film’s warm retro‑future palette, quietly shaping character and mood. Their subtlety is a virtue that serves the story beautifully, though anyone hoping for bold, transformative wizardry will find the work deliberately unambitious.
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7.86
8.33
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Humour Quality
8.71
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The film’s humour is a quiet, character-born wit—bittersweet, intelligently tuned to Phoenix and Johansson’s rhythms and woven seamlessly into the melancholic fabric of the story. It’s rarely broad or quotable, and its spec-tech niche keeps the laughs intimate rather than ubiquitous, a gentle chuckle that deepens feeling rather than aiming for gags.
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9.06
8.37
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Immersion / Plausibility
9.25
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Her envelopes you in a meticulously realized near‑future Los Angeles—sensory detail, quiet design and tender performances fuse into an intimate, melancholic logic that rarely falters. A few conceptual leaps and accelerated conveniences nudge plausibility, but they feel thematically earned rather than immersion‑breaking.
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9.19
9.31
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Intangibles
8.92
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Her is a deeply affecting, singularly stylish portrait of loneliness and longing—its melancholic mood, magnetic chemistry and quietly transcendent moments forge an intimacy that lingers long after the credits. Its charm and cultural resonance feel unmistakable, even as a few near‑future design trappings gently date the film without dulling its emotional and artistic aftertaste.
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8.92
8.92
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Lead Acting
8.66
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Phoenix and Johansson deliver a quietly dazzling, deeply felt partnership—layered inner life, razor-sharp subtlety and an uncanny vocal chemistry that carries almost the whole film. It’s not a showcase of athletic bravado or operatic extremes, but that restraint is a strength: intimate, emotionally precise work that anchors and elevates the story.
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8.22
9.09
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Originality
8.42
Justification
Jonze takes a well‑worn premise—falling for a machine—and renders it anew with disarmingly intimate writing, poetic dialogue, and a soft, singular aesthetic that makes the emotional stakes feel freshly observed. It rarely upends narrative conventions or formal cinema, but its vivid central performances and genre‑blend deliver an original, quietly influential vision.
Individual Runs
8.39
8.45
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Predictability / Twists
7.74
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Her turns its revelations into character logic rather than cheap shocks: the surprises land as quietly inevitable developments—foreshadowed, emotionally earned and driven by interior change. That inevitability is also its limit: the arc feels foreseeable and occasionally skims familiar sci‑fi beats, but those tropes never fully blunt the film’s resonant payoff.
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7.75
7.73
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Premise / Concept
9.12
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Spike Jonze’s conceit — a quietly radical romance between a man and his operating system — feels at once singular and inevitable, a character-first, emotionally precise twist that elevates both sci‑fi and love story tropes. Its power is intimate rather than bombastic: the stakes are existential not action-packed, making the premise hauntingly memorable but naturally resistant to broad franchising
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9.0
9.25
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Production & Art Design
9.26
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The production and art design is a quietly authoritative triumph: a cohesive retro‑futurist Los Angeles rendered in warm pastels, soft curves and tactile materials that consistently amplify the film’s intimacy and melancholy. Only the props rarely aspire to standalone iconography—most of the power comes from the seamless marriage of set, palette and lighting that immerses you in its near‑future wo
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9.25
9.27
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Rewatchability
8.45
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Her keeps revealing quiet, stubborn layers—rich characters, limpid dialogue and meticulous design that repay close, repeated attention—and its central conceit deepens rather than collapses on rewatch. Its meditative pace and melancholic mood make it a revisit for the patient rather than the casual, and it’s more quietly influential than a genre staple or easter-egg hunt.
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8.24
8.65
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Score / Soundtrack
7.91
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The soundtrack for Her is a quietly brilliant, meticulously layered companion—tonally perfect and emotionally attuned, lifting key moments with subtle thematic development and pristine audio design; its restraint is also its limit, offering few instantly iconic hooks or broad cultural reverberations, so it charms rather than dominates.
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7.99
7.83
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Script / Screenplay / Dialogue
9.09
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Spike Jonze’s script is supple and imaginative, marrying a clear dramatic spine to poetic, character-specific dialogue that luxuriates in subtext and fresh thematic thinking. Yet its quiet ambition occasionally favors elliptical leaps and lean supporting sketches over dramatic heft, with a few jokes and visual metaphors less resonant than the film’s core romance and ideas.
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9.06
9.11
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Sound Design / Audio Mix
8.52
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The film’s soundscape is quietly brilliant: bespoke UI textures, layered ambiences and tasteful spatial mixing create a lived‑in near‑future that supports performance and emotion without ever shouting for attention. Its restraint is both strength and limit—an imaginative, highly professional mix that favors subtlety over spectacle, occasionally letting hushed deliveries blur at the margins.
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8.49
8.54
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Story
8.87
Justification
Her is a quietly devastating anatomy of longing: its spare three‑act intimacy, meticulously drawn relationships and convincingly lived‑in near‑future make the central human–machine romance emotionally authentic and intellectually provocative. Small narrative conveniences and a few offscreen leaps keep it from absolute perfection, but they never dull the film’s elegiac clarity.
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8.8
8.94
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Support Acting
7.13
Justification
The supporting ensemble delivers quietly precise, idiomatic work—Adams’ warmth, Mara’s withdrawn ache and Pratt’s affable steadiness create genuine chemistry and finely tuned understatement. Yet these turns are compact rather than expansive, hemmed in by limited screen time and minimal physicality, making them reliably compelling complements rather than scene-stealing revelations.
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7.28
6.99
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Themes / Commentaries
9.18
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Jonze’s film braids loneliness, intimacy and tech‑mediated identity into a quietly potent fable that feels fully lived-in rather than schematic, provoking thought without sermonizing. Its insights are consistently subtle and resonant, though never aggressively polemical and only lightly meta—an intimate, melancholic parable that lingers.
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9.2
9.16
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Wardrobe / Costume
8.74
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The costumes quietly anchor the film’s near‑future L.A., marrying meticulous craftsmanship and a warm, pastel palette to create a coherent, emotionally resonant visual world. Their restraint is a virtue—subtly expressive and character-specific—but that modesty stops short of fashion audacity, favoring narrative harmony over bold invention.
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8.94
8.54
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