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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her

  • 2013
  • R
  • 1h 40m
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6.8/10
10K
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Jessica Chastain in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013)
Told from the female perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
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Told from the female perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.Told from the female perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.Told from the female perspective, the story of a couple trying to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.

  • Director
    • Ned Benson
  • Writer
    • Ned Benson
  • Stars
    • Jessica Chastain
    • James McAvoy
    • Nina Arianda
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    10K
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    • Director
      • Ned Benson
    • Writer
      • Ned Benson
    • Stars
      • Jessica Chastain
      • James McAvoy
      • Nina Arianda
    • 19User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Jessica Chastain
    Jessica Chastain
    • Eleanor Rigby
    James McAvoy
    James McAvoy
    • Conor Ludlow
    Nina Arianda
    Nina Arianda
    • Alexis
    Viola Davis
    Viola Davis
    • Professor Lillian Friedman
    Bill Hader
    Bill Hader
    • Stuart
    Isabelle Huppert
    Isabelle Huppert
    • Mary Rigby
    William Hurt
    William Hurt
    • Julian Rigby
    Jess Weixler
    Jess Weixler
    • Katy Rigby
    Nikki M. James
    Nikki M. James
    • Sia
    Jeremy Shamos
    Jeremy Shamos
    • Evangelist
    Wyatt Ralff
    Wyatt Ralff
    • Philip
    Katherine Waterston
    Katherine Waterston
    • Charlie
    Matthew Scanlon
    • Aldie
    • (as Matt Scanlon)
    Ryan Eggold
    Ryan Eggold
    • Guy from Club
    Will Beinbrink
    Will Beinbrink
    • Garry The Dentist
    Musto Pelinkovicci
    Musto Pelinkovicci
    • Ukrainian Cabbie
    Daron Stewart
    Daron Stewart
    • Guy Walking on Bridge
    • (as Daron P. Stewart)
    June Miller
    • Elderly Woman
    • Director
      • Ned Benson
    • Writer
      • Ned Benson
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    8NateWatchesCoolMovies

    Complex, unique film

    The Disppearance Of Eleanor Rigby (nothing to do with the Beatles song except a brief reference by a character) is a thoughtful, exceptionally well made film about a couple dealing with an immense tragedy that has put a weight on their relationship, forcing them to take some time apart. James Macavoy, an actor who continues to impress, and Jessica Chastain, always amazing, play the two with diligent feeling and palpable hurt. Now, there's three different edits of the film. His, which is mostly his side of events following the breakup, where Macavoy takes center stage and we see his life. Hers, which shows us where Chastain ends up, and how she is coping. The third version, Theirs, is a truncated version of both stories, leaving out a lot of key scenes and important beats. His and Hers together come out to about four hours of movie watching, but if you're going to invest yourself in their story, you owe it to you self to watch them both, starting with His. Because there is four hours of their story, they are allowed to develop and interact in a fashion that feels far more genuine and lifelike than a rushed two and a half hour movie. Macavoy is an aspiring cook who runs a small café with his friend and sous chef (Bill Hader, fiercely funny) and yearns for Chastain, angry at life for throwing them the curveball it did. He moves in with his father (Ciaran Hinds gives phenomenal work), a successful restauranteer. Chastain moves in with her folks as well, played by Isabelle Huppert and William Hurt. Hurt, who hasn't been around that much lately, makes up for that by anchoring a key scene with Chastain. It's interesting that he gets to play her father in a film, because they both share a measured, baleful, hypnotic grace in their work, and seeing them interacting was a treat for me, being an immense fan of both their work. Now, the film is more than the sum of its parts, but I mean that in a good way, since the parts themselves are so brilliantly done as well. It's what we expect from the romantic drama Avenue, but because we see an extended fluidity to the work, a narrative free from the fractured conventions of usual editing styles, we feel right there with our two protagonists, every step of the way. More films should break the mold and try to be more than just segmented movies, and use immersion techniques like this to draw us in. Coupled with that unique method of delivery comes a sincere commitment from actors and director alike, to explore an aspect of life and relationships that many see as unpleasant or upsetting, yet can still make for beautiful work. Well worth a watch.
    Red_Identity

    Touching, delicately shot and brilliantly acted. Simply fantastic

    Saw this last night (I consider it one film, saw both parts back to back in that order). Such a lovely, touching film, and not at all what I expected when I first heard about the project. First off, I just want to say that I find the title really gimmicky and misleading. Okay, sure, it's technically not "wrong", but it just sounds like a lead-on for something it's not, such an easy way to grab audience's attention.

    The basic plot point that leads to the whole film has been done before (Rabbit Hole did it just a few years ago) and the whole film isn't trying to be anything other than an honest, captivating look at two characters' lives and the way they deal with this tragedy. For some reason I thought it was going to be this really daring film. I was wrong and I knew almost immediately, but I didn't mind. The script is fantastic, and the two leads superb. McAvoy actually impresses more in Her, and as a whole he's not really in Chastain's level, but he has some really strong scenes and as of now I'd have him in my Top 10 for Lead Actor (and he's in my top 3 for Filth, which is a better performance but an inferior film in every way). What can I say about Chastain? Her best performance alongside Zero Dark Thirty, and may very well be even better for the fact that she's able to play a much more rounded character in terms of emotions. What I've always found incredibly impressive about her as an actress is that, not only is she technically impeccable in all her work to a fault like so many other acclaimed actresses are, but she's also able to inhabit a character fully to the point that her technicality doesn't feel like we're watching her at a distance emotionally. That's a problem I have with some actresses working right now. They can be great, yeah, but can also hit notes technically well while feeling too much like it's all for show at times. I've never had that problem with Chastain. Her work here is among the best of the year and it's a shame that neither her or the fantastic film she's in are even getting mentions from critic bodies. If its because of the stupid "Them" decision, then what a shame... but it's most likely not, and that's an even bigger shame
    3MaryQuiteQuiteContrary

    Slow, Sad.

    I would rate this under "Life sucks and then you die." Tackling the death of a child is probably one of the most difficult tasks of a writer. I don't think this film provided a good picture of either the true depth of grief or the resolution to carry on with life, in spite of it.

    However, it has some tender moments: the couple's move-out scene and the scene with main character's dad (William Hurt). The mother was just puzzling. The pace was slow and the friendship (if you'd call it that) with the professor was unnecessary. Nothing was resolved.
    4eddie_baggins

    Great acting can't save this film

    Continuing on from the frustration experienced in the saga's Him component, Her struggles to engage the audience in a meaningful way despite it featuring an assured Jessica Chastain performance and a few genuine moments of emotional power centred around loss and regret.

    A large portion of frustration towards this entry stems from the fact that even though we do feel for Eleanor as a person we can't fully commit to liking her and she remains a cold and sometimes undeniably unlikeable figure throughout this components run time. She's a woman dealing with a great personal tragedy and a conflicted mindset, yet she's also someone that seems unappreciative of the friends around her and their helpful suggestions or ideas, in other words Eleanor comes off as someone who is to self-assured to see the positives around her.

    Somewhere deep down in both Him and Her is a great film and one feels that if the best of both chapters were combined into one singular film it would be a much more recommendable if still slightly unoriginal tale, and perhaps that is the reason Them came into existence. With some nice turns by McAvoy and Chastain, these films remain watchable but never reach the heights they so easily could've had the hard slog journey been worth it in the final payoff.

    2 Diet Cokes out of 5
    7secondtake

    Wonderfully sensitive and honest, with a terrific Chastain

    The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby…Her (2013)

    With a title that is suspiciously catchy (as in the Beatles song) I expected a quirky comedy, or a weak independent flick. Instead I found a seriously good, thoughtful, straight ahead movie about a young woman facing a huge crisis in her life. Around her is a family that seems more or less normal, and friends who seem supportive in the ways we all expect. And it turns out this is one of three probing movies in a triptych about this difficult normality.

    It is the cracks in our normal world this movie tries to explore. Like how the small things in family and friends can rub the wrong way, or how little flaws in a person's make-up can lead to small disasters, which accumulate. It's all beautifully told, with subtle acting all around including a minor but gentle presence as the woman's father by William Hurt and an odd but eventually important role as the woman's professor by Viola Davis.

    It is Jessica Chastain, for sure, who makes this movie soar. She's subtle enough, underacting as needed, and physical enough, moving through the scenes with snap (including the startling first scene), she keeps the movie especially alive. In some unexpected way it might be compared to the more amazing Frances Ha, though there must be better examples of following a young woman through her struggles for purpose and place in an ordinary, contemporary world. On difference is certainly that the title Character (Eleanor) has suffered a huge disaster and doesn't quite show it. She seems out of sorts, but not on the edge of ruin. Chastain is somehow remarkable, anyway, though, playing her part with feeling but not overplaying it. It's the writing and direction that needed a little tilting into reality.

    If you are wondering about the other two movies, read on: the idea is not exactly new, but still adds depth. The Him and Her movies show a series of events from two different points of view, which of course is how life works. This version (Her) is from the woman's point of view, and is maybe the best for me because I really like Chastain.

    Beware of the third movie, however—which has the suffix: Them. This is a mash of the first two, a shortened single version that apparently lacks the potentially probing aspects of the two halves, which are sometimes released together as a marathon version that is not the combined Them.

    I suggest giving this one an honest try. It's really better than some of the complaints if taken just as it stands, alone. Whether you should then see the Him version then depends on you.

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    • Trivia
      This and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013) premiered in 2013 as two films at the Toronto Film Festival. After the premiere, although it received rave reviews, Ned Benson started cutting the movie again, as a one feature. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. All three movies received a theatrical release.
    • Quotes

      Julian Rigby: Tragedy is a foreign country. We don't know how to talk to the natives.

    • Alternate versions
      This film, along with "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him" (2013) and "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby--Them" (2014) are variations of the same film. Runtimes are different, as well as editing, which puts the emphasis on the protagonists' different points of view.
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      Edited into The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)

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    • Release date
      • October 10, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Зникнення Елеанор Рігбі: Вона
    • Filming locations
      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Unison Films
      • Division Films
      • Dreambridge Films
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      • $103,815
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 40m(100 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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