This past weekend, the 51st annual New York Film Festival closed on Saturday night with the world-premiere of "Her" at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. The showing marked both the film's premiere and the Closing Night Gala screening at the NY Film Festival.

Written and directed by Spike Jonze, "Her" is described by Variety as "a futuristic and highly unconventional love story." The film follows a man, played by Joquain Pheonix, who dates his advanced operating system after his divorce, Samantha the computer system, played by Scarlett Johansson.

Talk has surfaced about "Her" being Oscar-worthy, particularly regarding Johansson's performance. Her voice over work is getting rave reviews, but an actor has never before received an Oscar nomination for a role where they didn't physically appear on the screen. Could Samantha the computer system change that?

Pete Hammond, awards columnists for Deadline, wrote in his column, "Scarlett Johansson, who poignantly voices Samantha the computer system that organizes Joaquin Phoenix‘s life and strikes up an intense and heartbreaking personal relationship with him, could possibly become the first solely voice-over performance to win an acting nomination."

In his article for The Hollywood Reporter, Scott Feinberg isn't too confident that the film will receive an Oscar, given it's quirky storyline. He wrote, "In terms of awards, I imagine that this film will meet a fate somewhat similar to that of another recent out-there love story that depended upon a strange screenplay and brave and sensitive lead performance: Craig Gillespie's Lars and the Real Girl (2007), in which a man falls in love with a blow-up doll that he bought online. That film was more appreciated by critics than it ever was by the public or awards voters."

Fourteen years ago, Jonze was nominated for an Oscar for "Being John Malcovich." He has worked as a  director, writer, producer and actor on several video shorts, video documentaries and films. His directing credits include the documentary "Pretty Sweet," the film "Where the Wild Tings Are" and the shorts "Scenes from Starbucks" and "I'm Here."

Feinberg wrote that some films are more appreciated by critics than the public and awards voters.  Check out John Rhodes' ScreenCraft post, "Why All Hollywood Movies Seem The Same."