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Before and After

Country: USA, Language: English, 108 mins

  • Director: Barbet Schroeder
  • Writer: Rosellen Brown; Ted Tally
  • Producer: Roger Birnbaum; Chris Brigham

CGiii Comment

Ineffectual and lacking the required complexity to make this engrossing.

There is a trace of subtext...

No faulting the performances...it just lacks a vital spark.


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The(ir) Blurb...

When teenage son Jacob is being accused of murdering his girlfriend, the well-respected and close-knit Ryan family is in turmoil. Jacob flees, father Ben destroys possible evidence, the village community turns hostile and mother Carolyn is forced to temporarily close her doctor's practice. Then Jacob gets arrested and soon finds himself and his family entangled in a web of truth, trust and lies, all on his way to court.

Cast & Characters

Meryl Streep as Dr. Carolyn Ryan;
Liam Neeson as Ben Ryan;
Edward Furlong as Jacob Ryan;
Julia Weldon as Judith Ryan;
Alfred Molina as Panos Demeris;
Daniel von Bargen as Fran Conklin;
John Heard as Wendell Bye;
Ann Magnuson as Terry Taverner;
Alison Folland as Martha Taverner;
Kaiulani Lee as Marian Raynor, Prosecutor;
Larry Pine as Dr. Tom McAnally;
Ellen Lancaster as Panos' Assistant;
Wesley Addy as Judge Grady;
Oliver Graney as T.J;
Bernadette Quigley as T.J.'s Mom