Review of Before Night Falls (2000) by Hannah M — 07 Feb 2008

Beautiful and touching. Javier Bardem completely entrances and delivers an astounding performance.

This review of Before Night Falls (2000) was written by Hannah M on 07 Feb 2008.

Before Night Falls has generally received positive reviews.

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Not my type of film. Didn't really understand what was going on. It was confusing and was not particularly engaging for me…

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