Before We Go

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Chris Evans directs. John Guleserian behind the camera. Chris Westlake scores. John Axelrad cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 12 years ago.
• 2Directed by Chris Evans, shot by John Guleserian. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 3Original score by Chris Westlake. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 4Editor John Axelrad shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Chris Evans and Alice Eve and Emma Fitzpatrick carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "One night can change your whole life.".
• 7IMDB entry: tt0443465 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Classified under 9 themes, including "infidelity", "husband wife relationship", "romance", "stranger".

The technical file

Cinematography

John Guleserian

Original score

Chris Westlake

Editing

John Axelrad

Production design

Theresa Guleserian

Makeup / hair

Elisabeth Fry

Sound

Kelly Vandever

Runtime

95 min · 1h 35m

Status

Released

Box office

$37,151

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

PG-13

IMDB

Before We Go (2014) ↗

Rotten Tomatoes

28% 🥫 Rotten

Metacritic

31/100

IMDB rating

6.8/10 · 67,966 votes

MPAA

PG-13

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Official Trailer

  Trailer · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• Reno2016-07-24
  ★ 6/10

  One night adventure with a stranger! In his 15 year old acting career it was the Chris Evan's first direction. Many actors had tried that and only a few had succeeded, but some of them just preferred a low cost, simple project to avoid a major disaster. He also produced it and acted alongside the British actress Alice Eve. The film was a one night event based theme which begins when a young woman misses her train, and later forced to spend the night with a stranger after her purse got stolen. During lots of time left for the next train, theirs little adventure begins as they embark around the city. This is really a solid film. Well written screenplay and performed with a beautiful night adventure in the city that never sleeps. The problem with me was, I had seen many similar flicks, so this one looked okay, in a good way, but not that awesome. Still a fine film and definitely highly recommend others who like drama-romance. The plus point was the actors, the chemistry was brilliant. The story was very good, yet like I said it was so simple. It was not just two who meet and develop a friendship or a relationship, but they both reveal their story behind their visit to the city. At first it was a casual disclose, but the true reason comes out when they begin to trust each other and feel comfortable. So each of their tale has a small twist in the same night to overcome that was troubling them for some time. The film makes the impression that they two are made for each other, but only the final scene reveals how their destiny ends when the dawn breaks out. Not so clever, but an enjoyable little gem, maybe a perfect film for the date night. 6.5/10

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• Coco Sea2023-12-25
  ★ 10/10

  Excellent Film! Delicious Chris Evans offers us yummy acting and tasty directing in this feature about two people learning about the realities of love and friendship (and money)! Chris Evans' character Nick is down-to-Earth; witty; whimsical; and caring and it all seemed to unfold naturally for Mr. Evans. Beautiful Alice Eve's performance was wonderful! Her character Brooke was genuine, complex, easy for many to relate to, and lovable. Both Chris Evans and Alice Eve were perfectly matched, for both their characters and one another. I was shocked when I learned, at the end, that Chris Evans directed the whole thing. Cheers to Chris! I like the focus on the characters' faces; I liked the mood that was maintained throughout the film; and I like the light-hearted approach to two complex characters faced with the complexities of love, emotions, friendship, and money. The film kept my attention until the end. I am waiting for Chris Evans to direct again. I am waiting for Before We Go 2, hoping that Nick and Brooke find one another and again find true friendship, true love.

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Production companies

Who made it

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  Wonderland Sound and Vision

  US

• G4

  G4 Productions

• NU

  Nutmeg Film Productions

  US

• RS

  RSVP Entertainment

  US

Key crew

• ProducerChris Evans
• ProducerMcG
• ProducerHoward Baldwin
• ProducerKaren Elise Baldwin
• ProducerWilliam J. Immerman
• ProducerMary Viola
• Executive ProducerJames McGough
• Sound Effects EditorG.W. Pope III
• Production DesignTheresa Guleserian
• Supervising Sound EditorTrip Brock
• Set DresserJim Bauer
• Set DresserRobert S. Dressel
• Makeup Department HeadElisabeth Fry
• EditorJohn Axelrad
• Art DirectionArthur Jongewaard
• Sound Effects EditorCaleb Hollenback
• Sound Re-Recording MixerKelly Vandever
• Set DecorationDaniel R. Kersting
• ProducerMark Kassen
• Sound MixerJerry Stein
• Executive ProducerPeter Pastorelli
• Costume DesignerAnney Perrine
• Executive ProducerRonald Bass
• CastingAmanda Mackey

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• infidelity
• husband wife relationship
• romance
• stranger
• manhattan, new york city
• broken heart
• cheating husband
• depressing
• broke

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical (limited)2014-09-04PG-13

Also known as

International titles

• 纽约爱未眠CN
• 我们离开前CN
• CentricityUS
• Прежде чем мы расстанемсяRU