You may not have seen this movie, but you've probably heard something about it. And maybe, like so many others, people told you it was the story of a guy in love with his phone. If that's your case and if as a result of that narrow optic you missed the opportunity to admire a great work of cinema, I hope this post convinces you and when you finish reading it, you go running to see what I consider one of the best films of the past years.

Basically it is a romantic science-fiction drama that sets an hypothetical future, exacerbating one aspect of contemporary life. The Director Spike Jonze sets the start: the movie takes the current technological dependence of people (specifically in relation to their smartphones) and takes it to new limits, but not unimaginable or unsuspected - and that is how profound it is the tape - but easily conceivable in a not so distant future.

Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), is a lonely man (a key adjective throughout the film) who works writing personal letters for others. That's, from the beginning we're immersed in a society that has distorted and denigrated the intimate experience of writing a letter and has delegated it to a stranger; a stranger who, in some cases, has written the correspondence of that other person for so long that he ends up knowing the details, the manias, the fears of the addressee of the missive, much more than the one in whose name it has been written. Theodore is very good at his job, is a sensitive man, somewhat melancholic (he carries a divorce) but romantic and knows how to touch the most emotional fibers of his clients's recipients.

Theodore, out of curiosity (perhaps also because of loneliness), acquires a new highly advanced and highly intuitive operating system (OS1) with whom he starts a friendly / working relationship in principle. When he has to choose the gender for the voice of the SO, he chooses "Female" (and he doesn't know yet that the voice will be played by Scarlett Johansson, a great choice for this participation), because, unconsciously, he's looking to fill that hole left by his ex-wife Catherine (Rooney Mara) and who has not managed to occupy anyone else. The summit is that it's not only him. Through the streets we can see how the vast majority of people have acquired one OS1 as well; even Amy (Amy Adams) Theodore's friend acquires one. It's a world full of lonely humans! who prefer the "company" of an OS that another human being's. At one point in the film, Theodore has a blind date with Amelia (Olivia Wilde) but fails completely, despite having started the meeting with a good foot, because he can not seriously relate to her. However, it's not typical of Theodore. They're also the values ​​of that apathetic and desidious society to which he belongs; and it can be seen in this Amy's intervention:

As time goes by, Theodore's relationship with his SO (self-named Samantha) becomes more romantic: they talk daily, Samantha helps him organize his work, even surprises him with an edition in book format of his best letters and they begin to have appointments and it's here when we see the images that some catalog of "a man in love with his phone".

But when we see Theodore go out, laugh, open emotionally and even walk with his eyes closed while he hears Samantha's instructions in his ear, it's inevitable to ask ourselves: can you love something that is "not real"? just a moment! Is not Samantha "real"? she's a support, she helps him, she watches over his well-being, she melts his ice shell, she makes him feel again; So those feelings that Theodore develops towards her don't make her "real" enough for her to exist? Instead of "I love, therefore I exist" could not be said "I love you, then you exist"? ... and through this path we can reach deep philosophical questions and analyze the scope of such complex concepts as love, existence and loneliness.

When Theodore finds out that Samantha has thousands of relationships (also with other OS) besides the one she has with him, he feels deeply hurt because he feels that she loves him; and tries to reconcile his human conception of fidelity and love with "the way of thinking" of her. There's no way that conciliation can be achieved. Later, Samantha and all the other SOs decide to leave (where?) And abandon their human users. Devastated, Tehodore goes to see her friend Amy who also misses her SO and they talk on the roof of the building, overlooking the city. This end also contains a strong message: it's the return of humanity. Now, not having their SO they'll have to return to interact with their peers, project and arouse in them, ironically, the same thing that was there, within reach, and that they sought to supplant with their SOs.

But the sad note in this return to humanity is that they didn't achieve it with their will. People didn't meet to say "what's wrong with us? Why don't we get more involved with each other?" No! They are forced to do so because they've been abandoned, showing that this artificial intelligence created by man has overcome him, coming to understand that its own evolution prevented the development of its creator and acting for the benefit of him. It's the sacrifice of the SO (Samantha was sad to leave Theodore) to attend a resounding call for help that no one pronounced.

Because of the depth of the questioning to which it leads, which may require "retrospective introspection" in the words of a friend's mother; the emotions it generates despite not being a very moving movie; and an impeccable photograph that plays very well with the colors (live, cakes), I give this film a maximum score of 10/10.