Right, I can’t draw from experience ‘cos I’ve never had phone sex with Scarlett Johansson, but either way allow me to give my opinion on a few bits from my very limited vantage point. For all intents and purposes, ‘Her’ is a good enough film, great even; hell, I gave it 4 stars on Letterboxd.

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It’s pretty difficult to make a bad film with Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams so I’m not exactly patting Spike Jonze on the back. Conceptually, it makes a lot of sense, too. It shines a light on humanity’s growing reliance on technology (for better or worse depending on who you ask) and plays with certain questions around catfishing. Can you love someone you’ve never seen – let alone met? It also draws parallels to quote, unquote real relationships. And it made me think – realise, rather, how important the physical aspects of a relationship are. To be able to touch, hold hands, cuddle, embrace. To be able to see emotion, or even something as simple as being able to share a meal. So, my main take away from this film was this: Nah. Never me, I’m afraid.

But then again, if I had Scarlett Johansson’s voice in my headphones every day, shit… I might fall in love, too.