Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- intimate
- devastating
- quiet evening
- reflective weekend
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film emotionally committed and well acted, though its fragmented relationship structure and subdued pacing limited its impact.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The trilogy's paired films examine Eleanor and Conor's shared relationship from separate viewpoints, while Her privileges Eleanor's experience.
Eleanor survives a bridge jump and must rebuild a sense of self through family, university, teaching relationships, and memories of Conor.
Eleanor avoids therapy, flees her class, babysits her nephew, and revisits her marriage while struggling to resume ordinary life.
Eleanor enrolls in identity theory at NYU, where her father teaches and where Professor Lillian Friedman becomes an important friend.
Films like The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her, and why
Blue Valentine
intimate relationship drama centered on grief, estrangement, and emotionally fractured partners
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
melancholic romantic drama exploring loss, memory, and the aftermath of a damaged marriage
Rabbit Hole
emotionally raw New York relationship drama focused on mourning, family, and personal recovery
The Past
literary, introspective romance about separation, grief, and competing perspectives on a couple's history
Movie Details
- Director
- Ned Benson
- Release Date
- 2014-10-10
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (251)
Cast
- Jessica Chastain
- James McAvoy
- Viola Davis
- Isabelle Huppert
- William Hurt
- Jess Weixler
- Bill Hader
- Katherine Waterston
- Sasha Eden
- Nina Arianda
Common questions
- What is The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her about?
- After surviving a suicide attempt, a grieving New Yorker searches for a self beyond her broken marriage through family, study, and uneasy new connections.
- What is The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her as mild.
- What did critics think of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her?
- Critics broadly found the film emotionally committed and well acted, though its fragmented relationship structure and subdued pacing limited its impact.
- Which films are like The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her?
- Films with a similar feel include Blue Valentine, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Rabbit Hole, and The Past.
- How long is The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her?
- The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her runs 100 minutes.
