The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
The Weinstein Company | Release Date: October 10, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicAug 6, 2014
It’s a finely tuned and tenderly detailed love story of two people told on a cosmic scale. Read full review
88
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanOct 9, 2014
In viewing the same tale retold from two mutually exclusive vantage points, we become aware of how “Him” and “Her” deepen and enrich certain aspects of the story, adding contrast and, at times, contradiction, to the whole. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperOct 8, 2014
For the most part, thanks in great part to Benson’s rich screenplay and Chastain’s nomination-worthy work, I was immersed in this story no matter who was telling the tale. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Oct 9, 2014
It’s little surprise that Her turns out to be the better of the two movies, mostly by virtue of prominently featuring Chastain, who conveys an interior life — shifting emotions, competing desires — the script doesn’t supply her. Read full review
75
IndieWireEric KohnAug 6, 2014
The calibration of mature performances and a reasonably credible, if somewhat familiar, scenario make "Eleanor Rigby" a lot more watchable than the strange conceit of the production. Read full review
70
Village VoiceSerena DonadoniOct 7, 2014
In this unhurried full version, Benson allows grief to transform his characters, with few guarantees and plenty of regrets. Read full review
70
The DissolveNoel MurrayOct 7, 2014
Her is such a well-drawn character sketch—with such a fantastic Chastain performance—that it practically justifies the whole experiment. Read full review
70
VarietyScott FoundasAug 6, 2014
Even at its most purplish and highfalutin (mostly in the “Her” section), “Eleanor Rigby” always aims for something sincere, and when Benson pulls back a bit — and stops trying to show us how much Freud he’s read and how many Bergman films he’s seen — the movie becomes vastly more engaging. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenOct 9, 2014
"Him" and "Her" are hardly groundbreaking cinema, but they are more rewarding than "Them." Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungAug 6, 2014
All of these characters are worth knowing and the acting is excellent all around, but somewhere along the line the narrative arc vanishes and tedium sets in. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisOct 9, 2014
Although the novelty of this repetition and Mr. Benson’s adjustments pull you in like a new puzzle, his actual ideas — about people, their stories and how to tell those stories — turn out to be fairly straight. Read full review
50
TheWrapInkoo KangOct 9, 2014
They're thematically richer and more tonally cohesive than their hybrid. But because the two films are so similar to one another, they fail to deliver on the promise of their unique structure, rendering the “he said, she said” complementary design of the two films a dull, self-indulgent gimmick. Read full review
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