Before I Disappear

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Movie Info

A deeply troubled young man (Shawn Christensen) and his precocious niece (Fátima Ptacek) bond during a nighttime odyssey through New York City.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Shawn Christensen
Producer:

Shawn Christensen, Terry Leonard, Damon Russell, Paul Wesley, Lucan Toh
Writer:

Shawn Christensen
Release Date (Theaters):

Nov 28, 2014 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 5, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA):

$2.7K
Runtime:

1h 39m

Cast & Crew

Shawn Christensen
Richie

Fátima Ptacek
Sophia

Emmy Rossum
Maggie

Paul Wesley
Gideon

Ron Perlman
Bill

Richard Schiff
Bruce

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Critic Reviews for Before I Disappear

All Critics (30) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (19)

Christensen, who not only stars but writes, produces, and directs, does about a dozen things simultaneously that most movies can't get right individually.

June 7, 2016 | Full Review…

Jason Bailey
Flavorwire
"Before I Disappear" would be a better movie if would-be triple-threat talent Shawn Christensen got out of his own way.

January 8, 2015 | Rating: 2/4

Tom Keogh
Seattle Times
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.

December 5, 2014 | Full Review…

Tomas Hachard
NPR
It has the unfortunate taste of something lean that's been plumped up with empty calories.

December 4, 2014 | Full Review…

Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
"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.

December 4, 2014 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Kimber Myers
The Playlist
"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.

December 4, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Barbara VanDenburgh
Arizona Republic
It's a tale that requires a strong, emotional component to be successful, and its glaring absence only becomes more and more apparent.

September 12, 2019 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Nicholas Bell
IONCINEMA.com
For all its dark humor and dire situations, Before I Disappear conveys that a little forgiveness and a little time with someone who cares can bring a little hope before it's too late.

September 26, 2017 | Full Review…

Emily Sears
Birth.Movies.Death.
This is a humorous, emotional and engrossing film.

December 2, 2016 | Full Review…

Molly Laich
Vanguard Seattle
The result of this is Before I Disappear, a darkly comic film about love and family with rich characters and an original voice.

June 21, 2016 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Bill Graham
The Film Stage
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.

November 12, 2015 | Full Review…

Brian Miller
Seattle Weekly
The self-indulgent screenplay doesn't commit to its quirky deadpan humor and never generates enough narrative momentum to warrant feature expansion.

December 31, 2014 | Full Review…

Todd Jorgenson
Cinemalogue

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Audience Reviews for Before I Disappear

Oct 03, 2015

Excellent. This is such an awesome film. It's heartbreaking, dark, hilarious, and inspiring, all at once. I love Before I Disappear.

Stephen S Super Reviewer
Aug 27, 2015

The narrative is completely overwrought with unnecessary plot lines and loose ends, but triple-threat Shawn Christensen knows what points to hit hard and hit them hard he does.

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