Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Izzy The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Him & Them are both directed by Ned Benson and both are composed by Son Lux and the films star James McAvoy and Jessica ChastainThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him & Them are two beautiful separate films that made me feel incredibly insecure about relationships and made me realize that nothing lasts forever and how people change and grow. This story is about the relationship between two people and how they try to find themselves again whilst trying to become better people in the long run and soon finding out things are not going to be that simple. We are taken through the two sides of the story, Him and Her and what happens during the process of their self discovery as Eleanor or 'Rigby' disappears as the name suggests. She doesn't exactly disappears but just takes some time to reflect on her life, her choices and her future as a person, she makes questionable decisions and puts everything into a perspective and we see Eleanor have multiple interactions with Conor along the way. Conor also goes through his own path which is a lot more about trying to find Eleanor whilst thinking about his life and how he is going to get through and also makes questionable decisions. I watched Him first so I got to really take a look into what happened to Conor first whilst not knowing what happened to Eleanor but seeing her change while Conor keeps bumping into her. Conor seems like he is being weighed down by something, he acts unhinged and acts unstable due to his emotional wounds caused by this new change in his life, he is lost and is unsure what to do now that something that he has had for years is now gone. I never saw Her because It didn't feel necessary, I thought Conor's story was more interesting and Them really summed everything up anyways, so I just saw Him and Them. Conor runs a restaurant with his friends, they help him through his break up which he tries to understand and we get to find out more about Conor as we get further into the movie. He cannot keep living in the apartment that he and Eleanor lived in together so he moves into his fathers home where we learn interesting things about his childhood and who he is as a person. There is a bit of tension or at least some subtle hints that his relationship with his father is not all that great and that they grew more distant as time went on. Eleanor needed a change from her life so she decides to take it upon herself to leave Conor for however long she needed, she started taking classes and changed her look to symbolize her current status as a person and as an adult, her relationship with her family is shown more as we can now tell her family is closer than Conor's which is important if we want to understand these characters and why they are the way they are. We can tell Eleanor wants her independence a lot and strives to prove herself to those around her, she starts to change slowly but keeps on moving backwards every time she has an encounter with Conor because Conor doesn't seem to realize the importance of their separation until the very end when they have a touching moment together finally addressing an issue we are unaware of until we gradually get further into the story. Conor keeps on pushing to know why she left and we understand that she just needs to find herself and become someone she wants to be and being with Conor won't let that happen. She doesn't know who she is and she is trying to find that out whether it be through classes, an environment change, a break up or just a new experience. It takes time for Conor to start to reflect and to stop thinking about Eleanor and where she went, whilst Eleanor is moving forward with her identity, Conor is trying to figure out her motives, her reason instead of thinking about himself and his choices even if they hurt. The only real relationship we see Conor have is with his father who has a hard time connecting with Conor when he needs him the most, he finds it hard to talk to his father and it looks unpleasant discussing his life with him in a sense. It seems like Conor was not aware of the relationship going south for a while so there is an element of denial and him not being able to deal with the fact that the relationship was destined to end sooner or later. Love is hard and it is even harder when you are not sure how to grow up or how to become a better person or change for the better, if we can even change that is. All Conor wants to do is find a way to get back with Eleanor which is not what he should be thinking about but rather how he should think about this change and why what happened has happened. We see Conor growing, but not enough to stop and think about what he is and who he wants to be, what he wants to strive for which this film is about really, who we are and how we grow as individuals and how relationships and grief can sometimes get in the way of our own personal growth.We want to believe these two people can become more aware of themselves as they are very lonely and very upset and are trying to move on as well as come to terms with the simple things in life and are struggling to find their footing, especially Conor.

Catarina Martins So yes, I watched all the three movies before making any judgement. I only did it because I saw some comments on the movie (Them) saying that it was messy and then someone saying that it was best to watch the three to better understand. I started with Him, followed to Her version and ended with Them for chronological reasons. Some people say that Her is a better version, but I decided to stick to time factor and follow the directors way.So is it worth it? *Really trying not to say any spoilers so I don't ruin it for you* Him really gets the guy perspective of everything that is happening around and we see only his version of events, his feelings everything about him. By now we don't really know what's happening and it seems just like a story about a break up. With Her we get the girls version and here is were we really comprehend the trigger point. I love how they explore differences between the moments that we seem them together. I think it's pretty amazing because every time we put two people talking about things from their past, even though they lived it together, each of them always seems to have differences in their memories, so it's quite amazing to see it (a first time for me) in a movie. Them it's the putting together of these two people. I confess I was a bit disappointed with this last version. I expected a little more after the first two movies and certainly a putting together of the pieces. Even though it still manage to surprise us with small differences of what we already seen. I guess after the first two I got my expectations high, but maybe it was too much. I tried watching it as I hadn't seen the other two and it was surprising how, even it seemed confusing at the beginning without seeing Him and/or Her, in the middle we get to understand things without they being showed to us.The end was not absolutely what I was expecting. Here too I was expecting more. But somehow it managed to still conquer me. I guess on this part the soundtrack really gives an amazing help. So yes, it's worth watching the three otherwise there are some little pieces that connect us to the story that you will lose. My advice: watch Him and Her and later watch Them. The soundtrack connects very well with the dynamic of the movie. This is a "dramance" and it's about love and lost so you can't expect much action or fairy tale ending. It's real life pouring on! Jessica Chastain and James Mcavoy perform it very well and what we have here is original cinema. Hope I've been helpful without spoiling.

Brynja Gurl I have just finished watching this movie, and prior to that, the first two that are basically identical, though one from his perspective and the other from her's. The problem I found is that even the first 2 movies (Titles "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013)" and "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her (2013)" had too many scenes that aside from the odd word were identical. To then watch this movie, I could find nothing that I had not already seen in the previous 2 movies. In fact, I have to say that 2 of the 3 movies were superfluous with nothing snappy, or fresh...I felt like I watched a very long drawn out movie that only held my attention because of the hype I'd read by previous reviewers here (who should be banned for saying how artistically it was done. Copying something is not artistic. Basically one horrid and boring movie stamped into 3 movies, though from the producers perspective they got to use many of the same film parts, so the cost of production would have been low - 3 for the price of one. As for the acting - below par, even for Eleanor's father played by William Hurt - yes they were all supposedly dysfunctional with a fairly high lacking of communication skills on both sides of the families with each and every character, but they almost all acted as if they were in a severe state of depression - the sister (a blond Jess Weixler) who was supposed to be only 2 yrs younger than Eleanor (Jessica Chastain) (but looks at least 10) was the only one to have any life in her, though she is pretty much a side character so didn't and couldn't have lifted the movie. Yes I get it was supposed to be sad - dead child (which they never in all 3 movies went into detail so we never even found out how the child died at age 2 yrs I think he was - not a single flashback of the child only the 2 main characters)= marriage breakup = angst for everybody +++ (just like in real life for many, so really what was new about this movie, or rather what made it worth watching - I can say for myself it just wasn't worth watching, and that is rare for me to say.

Johan Dondokambey The movie really push the viewers' edge in telling it's story. It kind of run on a badly too stable mood for all the entire two hour run time. The story gets to be that frustrating because it kind of uses the weirdest editing style I have ever seen. It makes one feels a bit thrown off in watching this movie. It took me some time to notice that the story flow actually uses the alternating back and forth flow direction. I learned that this movie is actually the cinema release of the two versions Him and Her, each at about 90 and 100 minutes. Well, considering from this movie's atmosphere, that would have been a pretty stressful time to spend by watching those movies. But on the other hand, the acting work is surprisingly a great work in overall, especially by the two lead cast James McAvoy and Jessica Chastain. They both exhibit really nice character involvement in those engaging scenes of strong emotion play. I really like how James played Conor when he has an argument with his friend at the bar. Jessica Chastain did a great job in portraying the difficult emotions Eleanor has.