What’s Behind the Movie ‘Her’

“The past is just a story we tell ourselves.” — Theodore

Aldo
8 min readApr 12, 2023
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Love is so beautiful. For example, love is like… What is love? We are going to try and answer this question in the 2013 movie directed by Spike Jonze, telling the love story between a man and an artificial intelligence. Today’s movie is “Her.” If you haven’t watched the movie yet and wish to avoid spoilers, please refrain from proceeding as this is a detailed analysis that delves deep into the plot. Welcome to my in-depth analysis review.

The movie tells the tale of Theodore played by Joaquin Phoenix. After a divorce, he became lonely, isolated from the world and his friends, and trapped in the memories of his happy marriage, not able to move on. He works for a company that writes letters for people, BeautifulHandwrittenLetters.com. We are not talking about administrative mail. We are talking about personal letters like romantic letters between a husband and a wife, or tender letters between a grandma and her grandson — truly personal letters.

In this future where Theodore lives, you can buy your girlfriend a flower or a well-written letter by a talented writer. Theodore is good at his job. The way he expresses other people’s feelings and how he puts the right words in the right spots gives him a sensitive style that makes readers touched. You can…

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