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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)

September. 12,2014
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A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Pacionsbo
2014/09/12

Absolutely Fantastic

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Humaira Grant
2014/09/13

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

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Adeel Hail
2014/09/14

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

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Arianna Moses
2014/09/15

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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ReganRebecca
2014/09/16

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby was originally intended as a movie to be focused on a man's perspective as his wife disappeared out of his life. When writer-director Ned Benson brought star Jessica Chastain on, she asked him about Eleanor's perspective and he was so enraptured with this question that he wrote an entire version of the movie dedicated to her view point of the marriage. The two films were shot simultaneously, but times and audiences being what they are, the distributor cut a third version of the film so that audiences could experience the whole thing in one go. As someone who has seen all three versions of the films (his, her and them) I can tell you this is a mistake. The best way to experience the film is by watching some combination of the Him & Her versions (pick your poison, watching either one first has its benefits and drawbacks, although "Him" does start earlier in the timeline than "Her").The problem with Them is that it reveals that Rigby is actually a very simplistic movie. It's the story of married couple Connor Ludlow (James McAvoy) and Eleanor Rigby (Jessica Chastain) whose marriage has suffered a devastating blow. Rigby tries to kill herself and when she is unsuccessful she leaves her husband and the two begin separate journeys of discovery. The joy in the Him & Her versions is seeing the different ways the two people experience the same event. Rigby and Ludlow both disappear from each other's narratives for long periods of time posing questions about certain events, questions that get answered when you watch whichever of the two movies you choose to watch first. There's also a handful of scenes that are the same in both stories but the tone and information conveyed is different, showing how people can interpret things differently. All the joy of this is wiped out of the Them version in which everything plays chronologically and we don't get multiple versions of the same scenes. It's an okay movie, but it will leave you wondering what the fuss is all about.

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Tanay Chaudhari
2014/09/17

(Based on a casual viewing in Apr-15)To begin with, it was not an easy film-viewing experience; however, Ned Benson​ sure did a good job at directing but, mostly at writing. Though, I am still quite confounded about what conclusion should be drawn from this strangely sentimental, tragic stricken romantic-drama about a married couple falling apart; which is the reason perhaps not to watch it again, or to skip it altogether. Still, there is a dull-sense of association that one could form while watching this certain production.The film proved to be somewhat a surreal viewing experience when observing closely the treatment of a really difficult, helpless and hopeless situation heightened by the mind's own stress and insecurities, on a general scale. It may not be the best in a while, still it stands quite unconventional just because of the aforementioned, even in its stereotypical plotting.Beautifully portrayed by James McAvoy,​ and by the formidably outstanding and one of my personal favourites - Jessica Chastain​, with both characterisations above mark, but it's actually their on-screen chemistry worth a lot more, and perhaps the best reason to watch this film; and also the other two parts of this trilogy.Rating - 6/10

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danrdeneyer
2014/09/18

Undecided between the HER and HIM version of the disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, I opted for n.3, the THEM version.I thought that the allegedly objective third-part view would spare me the more individual approach of Eleanor and Conor (the HER and HIM of the story). I might have gone for the wrong movie, since most critics agree this is much more a snooze feast than the other two.However, after having spent two hours of my life with Eleanor and Conor, I can definitely do without any more sides of their story. In a nutshell, rich and privileged couple get together, reproduce and lose the baby. We are not told how, as if this is just a detail, and perhaps it is.What we are given is plenty of exquisite and inarticulate suffering, emoted by Chastain (Eleanor) and more discomfort, expressed in a more controlled way by McAvoy (Conor). Much as I find them both fine actors, I did start to have enough of their suffering half way through.In fact, everybody suffers in the movie, inclusive of their families and friends, all recoiling from the shock of the loss and having to cope with grief. Hence, two hours of undiluted but restrained pain make for an uncomfortable viewing experience. Nothing is resolved at the end, enhancing the frustration.

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vitaleralphlouis
2014/09/19

Despite the other reviews, this movie is a drab and worthless waste of time.Focusing on the failed suicide of a beautiful young woman who lost her first child, the story focuses, more or less, on the two parents moving on from grief's damage.The first thing they do is to rip off a restaurant by running away, stiffing the waiter, and falling into a laugh-out-loud necking spree.From there we get 2 hours and 5 minutes of mumbling trite dialog and stumbling around ill-lighted often blurred sets; with no intelligent plan, drab dialog, other wastes of time.The woman was named after Eleanor Rigby in the Beatles song: all the lonely people; and they blab quite a bit of babble about it. But this doesn't stand the test of reality, since Jessica Chastain even in her grunge clothes will never fail to gain attention. Sure, many beautiful people are lonely, but herein she's loaded with friends, family, more than one worthy lover.Viola Davis playing a teacher is one of the great over-rated actresses of our time. This film guarantees two hours plus of mumbles and stumbles.

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