12/2/2023 0 Comments Eddie furlong girlfriendGetting the kids' story out takes at least half the movie and by the time it gets out things are moving fast and little things, like making sense, get lost in the wake. The movie then deals with the family struggle of how to deal with this in court. She's found, rushed to the hospital and dies. The story is Furlong has pulled off the road with his girlfriend and parked in the snow, gets stuck, they argue and tussle with each other, with him pushing her and accidentally causing her to fall face-first on the car jack. But to me the most troubling problem (and if you are determined to see the movie regardless you might not want to read on, because this will give away most of the movie) is that it simply does not make sense. In a murder mystery or something with major plot twists that might be tolerable, but not in your ordinary family drama. Next problem is that certain points you need to catch at the beginning of the film simply slip by far to fast to catch. Furlong looks more like he was their 12 year old son than their 16 year old son. Edward Furlong is cast to play the 16 year old son of parents played by Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson, but at age 16 he appears to be roughly five inches shorter than Streep and is utterly dwarfed by Neeson. While not a terrible movie it has a few serious problems. With a great writer and director this could have been a "10" movie. The story got me to thinking what I would have done if any of my teenage children had gotten into a similar bind. Still, it is a film that kept my interest very well. I suppose it is a function of so-so writing and directing. Some of the dialog is a bit dubious, some of the scenes are over-dramatic. But, somehow the movie only works moderately well. "Before and After" also has some of the finest actors of our day - Liam Neeson as the father, Meryl Streep as the mother, Daniel Von Bargen as the sheriff. Eventually the son shows up, the father and mother disagree on what to do, the younger sister gets upset. The father finds bloody items in the trunk of the car and is able to dispose of them before the sheriff returns with a search warrant. Eventually, when the son goes A.W.O.L., they suspect he commited a murder, and the whole family struggles with what to do. "Before and After" has a fine premise - the girlfriend of their 16-yr-old son is found apparently murdered in the snow and the parents struggle with what to do.
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