Just Before I Go

Just Before I Go

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Courteney Cox
Produced by
Written by David Flebotte
Starring
Music by Erran Baron Cohen
Cinematography Mark Schwartzbard
Edited by Roger Bondelli
Production
company
Distributed by Anchor Bay Films
Release dates
  • April 24, 2014 (Tribeca)
  • April 24, 2015
Running time
 90 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Box office $8,129 (US)[2]

Just Before I Go, previously entitled Hello I Must Be Going,[3] is a 2014 comedy-drama film directed by Courteney Cox from a screenplay written by David Flebotte, starring Seann William Scott, Olivia Thirlby, Garret Dillahunt, and Kate Walsh.

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2014,[4] and it was released in select theaters on April 24, 2015.[5]

Plot

Ted (Seann William Scott) decides to commit suicide; but before he goes, he returns to his hometown to settle some scores. Things don't go as planned.

Cast

Production

As of July 10, 2013, filming was under way in Los Angeles.[6]

Release

The premiere took place at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.[4] The film was released in select theaters on April 24, 2015 before a video on demand, digital store, DVD and Blu-Ray release on May 12, 2015.[5]

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 14% of seven surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 2.5/10.[7] Metacritic rated it 30/100 based on five reviews.[8] Justin Chang called it "a dismal, tonally disastrous small-town farce".[1] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter described it as "a serious misfire" whose tonal shifts would be difficult for a veteran director to manage.[9] Ethan Alter of Film Journal International wrote, "Cox must have seen something in this screenplay that encouraged her to film it, but whatever that critical element was, it’s not apparent in the finished product."[10] Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote that the film "lurches along a wobbly line between salacious comic nastiness and nauseating sentimentality" without properly integrating them into a cohesive whole.[11] Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Anchored by a nicely understated performance by Seann William Scott, Just Before I Go effectively juggles a wealth of genuine, at times profound, emotion with quite a bit of nutty-raunchy humor."[12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chang, Justin (April 26, 2015). "Film Review: 'Just Before I Go'". Variety. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Just Before I Go". The Numbers. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Courteney Cox's Directing Debut Gets New Title Six Days After Announcement". Showbiz411.com. June 23, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Takeda, Allison (April 27, 2014). "Courteney Cox Gushes About Boyfriend Johnny McDaid: "He Supports Me in Every Way"". Us Weekly. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Brow, Jason (April 21, 2015). "‘Friends’ Reunion: Jennifer Aniston & Courteney Cox Hug On Red Carpet". Hollywood Life. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Courteney Cox's puffy face on the set of her directorial debut gets tongues wagging". DailyMail.co.uk. July 10, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Just Before I Go (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Just Before I Go". Metacritic. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  9. ↑ Scheck, Frank (April 25, 2014). "Just Before I Go: Tribeca Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  10. ↑ Alter, Ethan (April 23, 2015). "Film Review: Just Before I Go". Film Journal International. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  11. ↑ Holden, Stephen (April 23, 2015). "Review: In Courteney Cox’s 'Just Before I Go,' a Settling of Accounts". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  12. ↑ Goldstein, Gary (April 23, 2015). "Review 'Just Before I Go' finds the journey home can be funny, useful". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 27, 2015.

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