On paper, HER sounds like an insufferably twee, if not fully creepy film. But writer/director Spike Jonze injects enough authentic emotion and deeply human moments to make it one of the most affecting love stories of the year.

If you ever laughed uncontrollably while engaged in a childhood snowball fight, built intricate forts out of your grandmother’s afghan blankets, or made up the rules to complex playground games while the game was still being played, then Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are is for you. Actually, even if you never did those things, but still have a strong nostalgic attachment to Maurice Sendak’s classic picture book, the movie is…