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Saturday, July 22, 2006

Before and After (1996)

Cast: Meryl Streep (Dr. Carolyn Ryan), Liam Neeson (Ben Ryan), Edward Furlong (Jacob Ryan), Julia Weldon (Judith Ryan), Alfred Molina (Panos Demeris)
For complete cast info, see Before and After page.

Before and After is a very moving movie with a wonderful cast. I rented it mostly because of Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson (I didn't realize Alfred Molina was in it at the time and didn't remember why I recognized the name Edward Furlong), but the entire cast is wonderful. This movie explores what happens to a family when the son is suspected of murdering his girlfriend.

The fact that all of this takes place in a small town really impacts the way the story plays out. Some of what happened really blew me away, but I guess many things work differently in small towns than big ones. I can't imagine dealing with anything the Ryan family has to handle in this movie. I highly recommend renting this movie. I wasn't sure what to expect, since I didn't remember hearing about it when it was released in 1996, but the movie is very well done and held my interest until the very end.

Grade: A-

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