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Before I Disappear
Directed by
Shawn Christensen
Not Rated
2014
1h 40m
Drama
,
Adventure
7.2
34%
67%
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At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his 11-year old niece Sophia for a few hours.
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Cast of Before I Disappear
Shawn Christensen
Richie
Fatima Ptacek
Sophia
Emmy Rossum
Maggie
Paul Wesley
Gideon
Ron Perlman
Bill
Richard Schiff
Bruce
Before I Disappear Ratings & Reviews
Seattle Times
Tom Keogh
"Before I Disappear" would be a better movie if would-be triple-threat talent Shawn Christensen got out of his own way.
Arizona Republic
Barbara VanDenburgh
"Before I Disappear" wears its big, aching heart on its sleeve with a sincerity so unwavering that it's borderline goofy. And in a film about a burnout bonding with a cute kid, that lack of self-awareness proves critical.
indieWire
Eric Kohn
There's no doubting the craftsmanship behind it, even as the movie struggles to assemble the echoes of its earlier iteration into a greater whole.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
The result is predictably, frustratingly bloated and meandering, even as the short's charms remain largely intact.
The Playlist
Kimber Myers
"Before I Disappear" isn't a bad freshman effort, but it doesn't offer anything to set it apart from dozens of other indie dramedies.
The Dissolve
Charles Bramesco
As a director, Christensen operates at two settings: Drippy Sentimentality and Miserablist Hopelessness.
Slant Magazine
Nick Prigge
Even at its most compelling, it remains inconsistent and superfluous, a lesson that sometimes a movie can feel more fully formed in 19 minutes rather than 90.
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
Christensen, who not only stars but writes, produces, and directs, does about a dozen things simultaneously that most movies can't get right individually.
NPR
Tomas Hachard
Before I Disappear is ultimately hampered not by a messy plot but by bland characters who, for the most part, don't so much talk to each other as they monologue at each other.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
It has the unfortunate taste of something lean that's been plumped up with empty calories.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Throughout the movie, you have the feeling of being dragged along on an impromptu journey by a filmmaker who is traveling without the benefit of a GPS device.
Village Voice
Violet Lucca
What makes this minefield of sphincter-clenching sassy bons mots even harder to stomach is the uninspired photography, which impassionedly pleads for significance through use of slow motion, bokeh-effect streetlights, and close-ups.
Variety
Justin Chang
Before I Disappear is the sort of movie that can't stop reminding you how cruel the world is and how messed up its people are.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
This is a posey, abrasive drama, though one that's stylishly made and acted with more conviction than the script merits.
Seattle Weekly
Brian Miller
Christensen can't settle on a satisfactory tone-mawkish one moment, menacing the next... His movie is so vehement about Richie's redemption that even its bumpy detours are dully predictable.
CraveOnline
William Bibbiani
Although Before I Disappear bears the undeniable stamp of padding, Christensen wisely expands on the kaleidoscopic energy of the short, not its formulaic underpinnings.
Movie Mezzanine
Sean Burns
Perhaps the screenplay was written to mimic the main character's doped-out dissociative state, but it feels more like a collection of disconnected set-pieces than a cohesive film of its own.
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
John Wirt
"Before I Disappear" suffers from a bland, disinterested tone. In the end, few will care when all of these people disappear.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
The self-indulgent screenplay doesn't commit to its quirky deadpan humor and never generates enough narrative momentum to warrant feature expansion.
Paste Magazine
David Roark
The result is a dark yet poignant drama about depression and drug addiction captured in both form and content, as Christensen creates a surreal, melancholic tone through lighting and camerawork.
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