Martin Starr & Mae Whitman in Trailer for Call Center Film 'Operator'

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“I enjoy listening to you.” The Orchard has unveiled a trailer for a quirky romance titled Operator, about a relationship that goes awry when the programmer creates a digital version of his wife’s voice. The indie film stars Martin Starr (from “Silicon Valley” and “Party Down”) and Mae Whitman (seen in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and The Perks of Being a Wallflower), along with Nat Faxon, Cameron Esposito, Retta, Christine Lahti and Kate Cobb. I hate to say it, but this almost seems like a low-rent TV-movie version of Spike Jonze’s brilliant Her, playing on the technology angle and the romance. Maybe there’s something to it, but it didn’t really grab my attention aside from Whitman’s performance (she’s a voice actor in real life, too). ›››