Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Ned Benson both wrote and directed this little quiet film – an amalgamation of two separate films 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Her' and 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Him'. Each 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. The story is elusive, dealing with internal issues as to why a happy marriage dissolves. Perhaps (and this is not said outright) the marriage crumbled with the death of their little boy (no details of when or how are given, just obtuse references), but what ever the reason, the summary sates a woman and man seemingly so in love finds their marriage is shaken to the core when life throws them a devastating curve. Now this New York couple must try to understand each other as they cope with loss and attempt to reclaim the life and love they once had.The cast is loaded with stars – Eleanor Rigby is beautifully off center as played by Jessica Chastain and she is matched by her husband Conor played by James McAvoy. But the supporting cast (all in very small roles) offers Eleanor's parents portrayed by Isabelle Huppert (who has some of the best lines - 'I didn't know I could retrieve all the opportunities I threw away then.' - and William Hurt, Conor's father by Ciarán Hinds, Viola Davis as a snarky professor, Ryan Eggold as a would-be paramour for Eleanor, Jess Weixler as Eleanor's sister, and Nina Arianda as Conor's paramour, and more.The story is fragile and perhaps too much so, as the line of relating the tale runs into alleyways of nothing too frequently. It is as though a very fine editor could have tightened this up and made it stronger. Certainly as far as a cast is concerned it is top drawer: it just drags around far too slowly to stay very interested. The DVD comes with a second disc for the 'Her' and 'Him' version, but after over two hours of 'Them', viewing that may merit watching on another evening. Very mixed feelings.

Are these people at Hollywood playing a biggest joke or is it a part of some trap like a heist or something just for the sake of robbing cash from the people in the audience making a fool out of them by inserting fake Oscar winning actors no story and proper narrative little sex and slow pace on purpose only to satisfy critics and win more Oscars the cycle keeps on going it never stops.OK enough of my rant above here is what makes me really mad it is films like these that are totally unnecessary boring long stretched never ending sad tragic love or tragedy stories like these are releasing likes pieces of candy bars from vending machine,please stop it.Whatever the genre is the collective set of films are good only if the narrative needs the extension little variation in characters otherwise it is just another usual TV series a great example is the sunset trilogy of Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy something like that gives the viewer some entertainment and keeps them hooked but this so called film is pure embarrassing.The disappearance of Eleanor Rigby is divided into three parts him,her & them released in 2013 & 2014 respectively i have not seen him and her but i checked this out and wow i was kicking myself i mean what a waste of good money i could have given it to some needy person instead.The Cast:first of all what the hell was James McAvoy doing here the whole time his expressions were like "not interested" in this lame script,Jessica Chastian who is also one of the producers of this she looks drunk in every scene what type of sleepy acting is this may i ask must be something that even Al Pacino would watch and say wow this lady has surpassed us but of course in sarcasm.The Plot:is there a plot in this film hell no it is just about a couple going through difficult times but keep on behaving like idiots they are trying too hard to get back with each other knowing the relationship wont work anymore.Connor is useless guy who hangs out at bars and roads and Eleanor is a worthless student argues with her teacher both these fools never listen to any advice from anyone at all.What a stupid and most pointless film this was what ever that perspective angle storyline of Eleanor by herself & by Connor was the chemistry never works out why bother.The title is wrong too she never disappears not physically but from Connor's life.to understand what was this subject about one does not simply(quoting Boromir from Lotr)have to see all 3 films this one is haunting me already.This film is quite disturbing can cause some serious brain damage i am warning people not to fall for the critics faked positive reviews this project is absurd and beyond ridiculous.Overall The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby:Them 2014 is a solid waste of time & money my rating is 1/10.Avoid it

"All I want is a chance to just talk it out. After that you can disappear to wherever it is you disappear to."To be honest I had no idea what this film was about before going into it. All I knew is that it starred Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy, two of the most talented actors I've seen in the past few years. The title had me fooled because I was expecting this sort of suspenseful thriller similar to Gone Girl. During the first scenes I was lamenting that Chastain would probably only be in a few scenes since she would eventually disappear, but what a fool I was. This was actually a romantic drama (or should I say anti-romantic drama?) with two strong lead performances centering on a couple who have experimented a tragedy in their lives and aren't capable of coping with it together. They've become distant and love seems to be only a far away memory. In a sense it has a similar style as Blue Valentine where you get flashbacks of the couple when they were in love contrasting with their present situation. While watching this film I had no idea that director Ned Benson had actually made two movies about The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby from the view point of each of the characters (His and Hers). The version I was watching was a compilation of both those films, summarized in two hours going back and forth from both their view points. It was no wonder I felt like something was missing in this story. If you were to watch both original versions of Benson's film the running time would be over three hours long, but in Them the film is cut into a two hour film. I never felt like I got a sense of who these characters were in this version and I wonder how much it had to do with the fact that so much was cut out of the film. After experiencing Benson's two hour joint film I have no intentions of watching the separate films because I was incredibly disappointed with how vague and void this character study felt. By the end of the film I couldn't relate to either character and felt like they did around their parents when they had no clue what they were talking about (they both use this same line towards their parents in at least a couple of occasions).Despite the slow pace of the film (the two hours actually felt like three) I was still hooked with the story expecting it to head somewhere. Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy are such great actors that they held my interest in the film and they were a pleasure to watch. The story unfolds in such a way that you don't get much of a sense as to what is happening. As we get some flashbacks we begin to understand what triggered the couple to grow apart from one another, but some things are missing. There are also very strange relationships that Chastain's character has with her parents (Isabelle Huppert and William Hurt). She also shares a few scenes with a Professor she begins to take classes with played by Viola Davis, but those scenes also felt disconnected from the entire film. The same thing happened with McCoy's character and the odd relationship he has with his father (Ciaran Hinds). He owns a restaurant/bar and works with his close friend played by Bill Hader with whom he also shares some strange and misplaced scenes together. Perhaps it was the way that both films were joined together, but I felt like something important was left out and I wasn't able to engage with the characters despite enjoying the performances. Chastain is fantastic and continues to get better over time. She has had stellar roles this year in Interstellar, A Most Violent Year, and now this. Perhaps her breakout role came in 2011 with Take Shelter and The Tree of Life, but she had already collaborated with Ned Benson a year before for one of his short films, The Westerners. If you are a fan of Chastain's work I'd recommend this film, but otherwise I'd suggest you to watch the two separate films because Them felt incoherent and incomplete at times.

Watch "Them" and save yourself 3 hours of your life that you would've never gotten back.i scanned thru them and found it to be a combination of the first two.if you watch all 3, send me a msg later on and apologize for not taking my adviceWatch "Them" and save yourself 3 hours of your life that you would've never gotten back.Watch "Them" and save yourself 3 hours of your life that you would've never gotten back.Watch "Them" and save yourself 3 hours of your life that you would've never gotten back.