Review of Before We Go (2014) by Michael G — 15 Mar 2016

OK, let me just begin by saying I love the gorgeous, adorable, sexy Alice Eve and the charming, handsome Chris Evans (Hey, he's Captain America. Growing up, I WAS Captain America, or at least I thought so). But that's where the accolades end.

This one appeared to be of a contract-obligation nature for the duo, or maybe because it's an actor's movie, the stars felt it was a go. But I guess if you like ninety minutes of conversation between two people, (ENDLESS conversation) then this movie is for you.

Let me sum it up for you, and you tell me if you've seen this one before. Guy randomly meets trouble gal. She's wary of him. He slowly but surely endears himself to her (in Hollywood-script-only fashion) as he ends up spending an entire day with someone he just met. They both have relationship problems, realize they aren't going to have the dream they imagined, fall in love and find that dream fulfilled, maybe, for we only see the first day, so who knows?

There's a lot of cliche relationship-falling-apart dialogue, shrugging of shoulders, heartfelt smiles and honest moments. Yes, it's the romantic movie you've seen dozens of times before but only SO much better. Hey, and I was puling for the kids. But little under an hour in, I was fast-forwarding. And guess what? when I stopped I hadn't missed anything. You get the picture.