The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him

2013
R
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

10K

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James McAvoy in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him (2013)

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Drama Romance

Told from the male 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 male 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 male 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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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

10K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations

Quotes
Alexis: You know, it's funny how a person just by living can damage another person beyond repair.

Alternate versions
This film, along with "The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her" (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.

Connections
Edited into The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)

Soundtracks
The Lucky One
Written by Tomas Costanza, Jacquelyn Willard, Ashley Levy, 'Nikki Thompson' and Mike London
Performed by Jacquelyn Willard
Courtesy of Killingsworth Recording Company

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Weirdly not as great as "Her" - maybe watch this first?

It's very odd how much The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her gets right that Him just can't measure up to. I'm not sure whether it's because I watched it second, but it's way more clumsily executed. While it does pay off a lot of things set up in Her (and I imagine it'll work vice versa) when it offers an alternate perspective on a scene, that's its only strength. Where Her approached sappiness with its insights on romance, Him too often breaches that mark. It's a more lightweight film, which comes with its own delights with Bill Hadar and that subplot, but moments which elicited tears in Her revisited here had little effect. I'm sure that's not a case of diminishing returns. McAvoy is reliably great, not quite as good as Chastain in Her, but again he bolsters the material. The problem with this portion of the pair is that it paints Eleanor Rigby in a very unappealing light, one I hadn't even considered with Her. Here, I don't see why he's chasing her so much. Nevertheless, Him is still a very good film for when it does hit the spot, just doesn't match its counterpart.

7/10