Operator

It's an interestingly unique idea and it starts brilliantly.

Then it totally falls down half way through. It doesn't know what it is, what it wants or where it's going. Then we get to know. But it's not well-flagged. Can't say much more without the spoiler tag but it just doesn't hang together well.

Some observations:

The mother is annoying . Really! No sympathy for the character at all and, more annoyingly, she has absolutely no impact on the storyline.

In an attempt to add 'pace' there are a few long sequences which don't mean or do anything.

And they throw in a little past-life psychology for one of the main characters, in an attempt to add weight.

The actors are fine - Mae Whitman in particular is brilliant!

Potential, potential potential. Squandered, squandered, squandered.

Yep, (co)writer/director. I really should have learned by now but was momentarily wrong-footed because the director's name appears second on the writer credits. Oy vey.

As a movie, it's vastly overrated and rather under whelming. Shame.

How does this have such an average to low rating, as opposed to most other overly-polished "comedies"? Do people not get the dark humor of Operator, is that it?

One of the things I personally value most in any release (whether it's movies, music or whatever), is originality. Originality is definitely something Operator has, and at the same time pretty contemporary. It also has very pronounced and vivid characters, without being too try-hard. The main character manages to display autism almost perfectly. All that, on (from the looks of it) a pretty low budget.

This movie deserves much more praise than it's getting.

Mae gives quite a solid performance in this movie that just never gets off the ground. The problem is, the male lead is completely self obsessed and oblivious to the effects is words and actions have on other. This renders the viewer indifferent to any problems he may encounter, and no sympathy can be garnered. There's a few powerful and delightful scenes, and the supporting cast is certainly competent, but overall the scenarios they're put in and how they relate to each other comes off as not quite genuine. It's never made clear how long they were married to each other, but how she could stand even one month of his constant and unreasonable demands is confounding. Did she not know him at all before accepting his proposal? His relationship is completely unnecessary and a distraction this film didn't benefit from in any manner. Although I did watch it to the end and enjoyed moments here and there, I had to wonder why when it finally ended. Probably because I could watch Mae in any role, as she's such a captivating personality. The theatre skits were not too bad except for one.

It is a story of a programmer and relation with his spouse and his friends. And how the relationship goes down when the Joe(the programmer) starts a project with his colleague to create an Artificially Intelligent answering machine for the client of the company in which he is employed. He involved his wife Emily on it because she is so good in handling customers and clients in a hotel in which she is working. Meanwhile Emily(programmer's wife) has different interests like working in different kind of theater and after sometime she does't like to work with Joe. Joe ,unable to understand her feelings let her go and stick to AI software though software is kind of feels like humanly. When he realized that Emily (AI) is not Emily(wife). He regret that and makes everything good with her.

The story is quite interesting and contains real drama here. If you are a programmer or person who understand little bit of Artificial Intelligence then the movie could be intimating and interesting & if you are not then also you will feel the story and drama. Anyways this movie is full utilization of time and money .The people who worked on this movie has done great job on it. It's good to watch movies like that.

I was browsing through Netflix last night after watching the latest Amy Schumer special (and being disappointed) and found this movie. I saw the description and was immediately intrigued. Without giving too much away, Joe is a programmer that uses his wife's voice and likeness for a telephone answering system for a client. What results is resentment on the part of his wife, Emily, as he seems to become attached to his creation (you'll see what you mean when you watch it). It was really touching to see how great of a partner Emily is and how ignorant Joe is to his wife's needs. It ends on a happy note though and if nothing else, I fell in love with Mae Whitman by the end of the movie. And at the very least, it seems like a cautionary tale for how technology can consume you or sometimes replace real human connections. If it means anything, I've been thinking about the movie since I finished watching it late last night. Definitely recommend.