OPERATOR Trailer Shows Martin Starr Falling For a Digital Version of Mae Whitman

Martin Starr is best known for comedies like Freaks and Geeks and Silicon Valley, but he's always been an underrated dramatic actor. Same goes for Mae Whitman, who was so great as Ann (her?) on Arrested Development. So it's cool to see them team up for a new film called Operator, which looks like it deals with the intersection of love and technology in a similar way that Spike Jonze explored those topics in Her a couple of years ago. Check out the full synopsis and the trailer below.

Joe (Martin Starr) loves data. He tracks his diet and exercise, his mood and sex life – turning the information into beautiful charts that help him control his often overwhelming anxiety. At work Joe designs personalities for digital customer service voices, but his latest robo-agent for a client is a disaster. In a moment of inspiration he enlists his wife Emily (Mae Whitman) to serve as the template for the redesigned voice. The project goes well until Joe’s obsession with replicating his wife’s empathy threatens their marriage.

Operator calls in to theaters on November 8, 2016.

Starring: Martin Starr, Mae Whitman, Nat Faxon Operator Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Mae Whitman Movie An anxious programmer enlists the help of his empathetic wife when given the task to create the perfect call center program. However, their relationship spirals out of control when he begins replacing her with an ideal computerized replica.