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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

  • 20142014
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  • 2h 3m
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James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
One couple's story as they try 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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One couple's story as they try to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.One couple's story as they try to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.One couple's story as they try to reclaim the life and love they once knew and pick up the pieces of a past that may be too far gone.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
13K
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    • Ned Benson
    • Ned Benson
  • Stars
    • James McAvoy
    • Jessica Chastain
    • Viola Davis
    • Ned Benson
    • Ned Benson
  • Stars
    • James McAvoy
    • Jessica Chastain
    • Viola Davis
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    • 57Metascore
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    James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
    James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013)
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    James McAvoy
    James McAvoy
    • Conor Ludlow
    Jessica Chastain
    Jessica Chastain
    • Eleanor Rigby
    Viola Davis
    Viola Davis
    • Professor Friedman
    Bill Hader
    Bill Hader
    • Stuart
    Nina Arianda
    Nina Arianda
    • Alexis
    Ciarán Hinds
    Ciarán Hinds
    • Spencer Ludlow
    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
    Brendan Donaldson
    • Casimir Waiter
    Daron Stewart
    Daron Stewart
    • Guy Walking on Bridge
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    June Miller
    • Elderly Woman
    Lawrence Cioppa
    • Elderly Man
    Julee Cerda
    Julee Cerda
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    Sasha Eden
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      • Ned Benson
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    • Trivia
      The project was shot as a two-part movie following the story of a couple played by James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain from both of their points of view. The two films premiered in 2013 at the Toronto Film Festival. After the premiere, although it received rave reviews, Ned Benson started cutting the movie again, as one feature, which 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.

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    5/10
    A middling compromise
    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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    • Mar 20, 2017

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      • September 12, 2014 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • French
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      • New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Unison Films
      • Kim and Jim Productions
      • Division Films
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    • 2 hours 3 minutes
      • Color
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