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- 2014
- R
- The Weinstein Company
- 2 h 3 m
- 2014
- R
- The Weinstein Company
- 2 h 3 m
Summary Once happily married, Conor (James McAvoy) and Eleanor (Jessica Chastain) suddenly find themselves to be strangers longing to understand each other in the wake of a tragedy.
Directed By: Ned Benson
Written By: Ned Benson
- 2014
- R
- The Weinstein Company
- 2 h 3 m
- 2014
- R
- The Weinstein Company
- 2 h 3 m
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
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6.1
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Summary Once happily married, Conor (James McAvoy) and Eleanor (Jessica Chastain) suddenly find themselves to be strangers longing to understand each other in the wake of a tragedy.
Directed By: Ned Benson
Written By: Ned Benson
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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48% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
39% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
12% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
57
48% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
39% Mixed
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
12% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
The shadow of its past informs the latest incarnation of “Rigby,” a deeply moving, beautifully acted and ultimately mournful meditation on the gulfs that open between people, especially when tragedy falls like a cleaver.
At the very least, this implausible trifecta displays an abundantly talented new filmmaker who has risked everything, including the prospect that we may get sick of him immediately. If you care about the remaining possibilities of American movies, then this one – well, one of the three, anyway! – is a must-see.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 41 User Ratings
6.1
44% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
39% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
17% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 41 User Ratings
6.1
44% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
39% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
17% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
A beautiful, Intriguing character study of a couple's struggle with adversity. Deeply moving, beautifully acted with a somewhat flawed script. Not an entirely perfect film, but definetly worth the watch for Jessica Chastain's flawless performance, and the ensemble supporting cast who all shine in their own way.
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Just for the performance and the chemistry, you can go through this therapy again.
The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby
Ned Benson, the writer and director, sings a love song of two stanzas in this trilogy. A love story told from the perspective of both the partners, the film is properly balanced. Going through the script Benson's most of the time is spent upon just doing that. Balancing it. And as much effortful it would be, it is equally easy on the screen. And that is his biggest achievement and probably compliment too. The film looks easy. It flows smoothly. The supporting characters makes sense, the conversations necessary and the circumstances falls into place naturally. And maybe that's why the individual chapters speaks more to you. The complex nature of the other side is thrown right at your face which you aren't expecting, especially in a film like such, **** like such.
The film divided itself visually in two colours. These colors represent the nature of the characters that steers the film. For instance the blue shade that James McAvoy carries is the suppressed emotional background that never makes him decide anything. And if it does, it is not his favourite position to be at. He can't choose. Jessica Chastain is quite opposite on that note. Her sunny shaded colour signifies the active nature of hers on that relationship, where her good or bad deeds and self-appointed position of choosing things; deliberately or accidentally, lights the fire.
Them
This final chapter- not actually- doesn't serve a purpose beyond the fact that if you wish to know what actually happened. And as a result, you have to watch the first two chapters. But if you do, then 90 percent of the film is already in your pocket. Yet, with crisp clean editing, you can learn from the film, how a first draft of a script is edited out.
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At its core is a most affecting portrait of two people who love each other, but may no longer be able to live as one, and it is mostly a pleasure to spend two, or three, or five hours in their company.
As a whole, it doesn’t quite work, but the parts — particular moments, observations and insights about the way people behave and perceive themselves — are frequently excellent.
For me Chastain's unerring honesty is the only element keeping The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby above the realm of pure affectation.
“Them” — apart from a few affecting scenes — is a hollow, high-minded folly.
Just because a film holds back the truth doesn't make the truth suspenseful. It merely shortchanges the filmmaker and the audience from exploring what that truth means.
This is the conclusive work of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. Them is the sum of the two films in a more concise and edited form, its theme and development may be a little less digestible for people who enjoy romantic comedies where love always triumphs and suffering is only temporary, here is a certain realism and is shown in a more dynamic and much more serious approach.
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The sadness of being an incorrigible completist, I have to finish all these three films before writing my review, Ned Benson’s ambitious feature-length debut is a post-trauma story of a young couple Conor (McAvoy) and Eleanor (Chastain) in New York after losing their child in an unspecified accident, HIM centres on Conor and HER centres on Eleanor in the same time period, then interweaves these two versions together, there arrives THEM, one can get an overall view of their paralleled life. So basically, I have watched the same movie twice, and certain scenes three times where the path of Conor and Eleanor converges.
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Jessica Chastain never ceases to amaze us with her incredible on-screen presence and vivid emotion in every character she embodies. Her portrayal of the titular Eleanor Rigby is no different. And she soars even further when equipped alongside talented actors (James McAvoy and Viola Davis).
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somewhere inside this film there is a good one. but too much time is spent in schools and restaurants, not to mention viola davis annoying character with an attitude. somewhere, interesting things are happening to the characters and we never get to find out. guess i have to watch the other two? wait for dvd.
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James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain (whose character is named after the Beatles song) become estranged after suffering from 2 somewhat trite tragic events. With lesser actors, this movie would be insufferable. The situations are predictable and the writing sometimes attempts to be flippant, but is mostly mundane. The brooding and frustration become tedious, but their performances make it bearable. Viola Davis, as usual, creates the most interesting character in the movie. "Them" shows their misery from both points of view. It's planned to release 2 additional movies, one focusing on each experience. After seeing this combo, there's no reason to ever see any part of it again.
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Awards
Días de Cine Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Ischia Global Film & Music Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
