Operator (2016) *

Source: Imdb

This drama about a couple falling apart over developing an automated answer phone software was a bit like a knock-off / budget version “Her”. It started out promising, intriguing the audience with little details, hinting at things to come, but the story never quite pulled together. I think this may work well as a play, but on screen, it was just boring and frustrating. His character was just so annoying, and he didn’t deserve her at all. I don’t care that he had mental issues. Nobody deserves to be treated like that, least of all a caring, loving person like his wife, and she is not obligated to take his shit. I could not emphasise with most people in this film at all. The fact that the main character (and his stupid mother, too) was so utterly unlikeable made it really hard to care about what happened to him. Actually, I thought he got what he deserved. I had a pretty hard time liking any of the other characters as well.
The actors did their best, but none of them stood out as stellar either. Technically, a solid piece, but still: 1/5 Not a recommendation.

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