. . . and for those who, like me, survived THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ELEANOR RIGBY: THEM--and, against their better judgment--continued on to DOER: HER, the adage proves true. HER's glass can be seen as half-empty or half-full, depending upon how you look at it. When you consider that RIGBY's publicity hacks state that HER runs "100 minutes," though your DVD counter proves it ACTUALLY clocks in at 106 minutes, the glass seems depleted, since enduring six "bonus" minutes of RIGBY is akin to spending a half dozen more centuries in Purgatory. On the other hand, your cup of joy is half full (if not running over) when you realize that even at 106 minutes, HER saves you nearly two millennium in Limbo, as the theatrical release (THEM) drags on for 17 minutes longer than THAT. (This, of course, is why I raised my THEM rating for HER.) Obviously, it remains virtually incomprehensible that THREE versions of this ambiguous mess were packaged for the DVD release (the only excuse I can rack from my brain was that the producers--a gaggle including Jessica Chastain, the HER of the title--thought that Ms. Chastain was pretty "hot stuff" after her turn in THE HELP).
