About Him & Her

"About Him and Her" is a beautifully unique piece of art. It is experimental, but never exclusionary. It explores the space between intimacy and anonymity of relationships built outside of physical space. Even though it is a period piece, it is extremely timely as we exist in the digital age and are learning new ways to experience human connection. It also explores the fear of making relationships 'real', while desperately wanting them to be so. These two characters know everything about each other except for their names and what they look like. And so desperately want to let down their guards with the person they've fallen in love with, but fear rejection and fear the consequences of destroying the romantic view they have of each other.

Outside of the themes beautifully portrayed in this film, it truly is just a stellar piece of art to look at. Every frame is carefully crafted to feel intimate, but also impersonal letting the audience truly feel what the characters are undergoing. The acting is absolutely wonderful, visceral and authentic, without ever feeling overwrought. And the dialogue is rendered with such life like cadence that it feels completely believable, even with the absurdity of the characters never looking at each other.

A wonderful piece that should be watched by all lovers of a good romance.

Deeply moving and emotional to its core, the actors do an incredible job bringing their quietly tormented characters to life and their immediate palpable connection is guaranteed to make you long for the time when phone lines got crossed. The electric chemistry between the two leads fills the space between them long before the characters actually meet up, I can't believe the actors didn't meet until after filming. Every element of the production design (especially the fort scene) and lighting feels painstakingly curated to maintain the beautiful sense of longing between Him and Her. Not typically a fan of earnestness, but this movie manages to hit hard without resorting to cliches in a way most romantic movies are unable to.

I liked this one very much.

Full of details and interesting story-telling, it developes a romance, which is INTERESTING to watch.

I liked the organization of the film-making, the timeless format of visual presentation.

No ideology filled in it - it's pure and artistic.

What I did not like: It was a "bit" slow and some exaggerations are in place.

But the movie seems complete and not exaggerated as a whole.

Much more: It's a beautiful love-story to watch!

Believable and well executed!

Highly recommanded.

Especially for people, who don't like the "modern" fast-paced way of things full of gender-propaganda!

8/10.

"About him & her" is a tender tale of young love, synchronicity and late 80's nostalgia told in such a fun and unusual way, it's sure to tug at your heartstrings and not let go for weeks to come. The story is beautifully written and executed, the cinematography is just stunning and the chemistry between the two actors is undeniable! Every department was in complete tonal alignment in the telling of this delicate and deeply moving encounter between two unlikely strangers whose phone lines happened to cross in a serendipitous twist of fate. I would recommend this film to anyone who's ever been in love!

This movie made me cry and laugh and feel something so sweet and poignant. It Is based on the producer's real life experience when phone lines used to get crossed in the 80s and 90s before all was lost to cellular phones. This was before wifi and the internet. Before.... MySpace and LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok Snapchat and Facebook. Back when there was no texting but, actually having to talking to someone over the phone. This was a lovely little movie that hit this lady right in the feels. According to what I've read up about this film, the 2 main leads never got to see each other until the movie's premiere. Give it a try. I was cynical about it at first but it won me over quite soon.