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By Tomas Hachard (101) for NPR (1,713) on 05 Dec 2014

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…

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By Barbara Vandenburgh (315) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 04 Dec 2014

There's a surface elegance that might play as depth in smaller doses, but at feature length, the stylistic flourishes seem to be covering for…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 Dec 2014

Because it's all shot to look like a South Korean noir, with umpteen slo-mo shots and stylistic noodlings to affect a kind of grimy urban anti-hero…

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By Michael R (2,154) on 30 Nov 2014

Loved it! See this unique, brilliantly executed, mood-altering, visually tantalizing & emotionally rewarding film…

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By Kevin P (1,697) on 29 Nov 2014

Als je een bond verwacht tussen deze twee hoofdpersonages net als bij films als ''About A Boy en Beasts Of A Southern Wild'' dan zit je bij…

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By Nicholas W (449) on 28 Nov 2014

This is one of the most beautiful movies I've seen in a while, a masterpiece…

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By Matthew U (148) on 28 Nov 2014

Its not a triple a movie by any standard but it had very good storytelling good character development and actually bring a tear to my eye later…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 28 Nov 2014

Throughout the movie, you have the feeling of being dragged along on an impromptu journey by a filmmaker who is traveling without the benefit…

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By Kimber Myers (423) for The Playlist (3,871) on 27 Nov 2014

Isn't a bad freshman effort, but it doesn't offer anything to set it apart from dozens of other indie dramedies…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 27 Nov 2014

Mr. Christensen the director betrays Mr…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for McClatchy-Tribune News Service (291) on 25 Nov 2014

Ptacek, as she was in the short, makes a great foil. And the addition of Rossum and Perlman to the cast adds pathos and paranoia, guilt and menace…

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By Mike D'angelo (730) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 25 Nov 2014

The result is predictably, frustratingly bloated and meandering, even as the short’s charms remain largely intact…

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By Charles Bramesco (223) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 25 Nov 2014

The fundamental predictability of Before I Disappear’s main plot is just one of the missteps that betray Christensen’s inexperience…

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By Nick Prigge (37) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 24 Nov 2014

Even at its most compelling, it remains inconsistent and superfluous, a lesson that sometimes a movie can feel more fully formed in 19 minutes…

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By Glenn K (35) on 21 Nov 2014

* This review may contain spoilers * Another fascinating movie from SXSW I got to screen was Before I Disappear, one I wasn't sure I would…

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By Violet Lucca (89) for Village Voice (8,525) on 18 Nov 2014

What makes this minefield of sphincter-clenching sassy bons mots even harder to stomach is the uninspired photography, which impassionedly…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 11 Nov 2014

Before I Disappear features several moments of genuine emotion in an otherwise underwhelming plot involving the main character coming out of…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 11 Nov 2014

With nary a likable character in sight until the late arrival of some unearned emotion in the closing scenes, this is a posey, abrasive drama,…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 11 Nov 2014

Piling on the misery-laden subplots in scene after angry, overamped scene, Before I Disappear is the sort of movie that can’t stop reminding…

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By Sam Bathe (186) for Fan The Fire (489) on 23 Oct 2014

Before I Disappear shows a lot of promise for the cast and actor/writer/director Christensen…

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