Before You Go
2002
Julie Walters, Joanne Whalley and Victoria Hamilton play three sisters who are reunited for the funeral of their mother. Predictably this reunion sees their lifelong problems, grudges and secrets come to the fore in amongst the grief before the inevitable forgiveness. Read more
| Starring | Julie Walters, John Hannah, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Patricia Hodge |
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| Director | Lewis Gilbert |
| Genres | Drama |
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Before You Go
Julie Walters, Joanne Whalley and Victoria Hamilton play three sisters who are reunited for the funeral of their mother. Predictably this reunion sees their lifelong problems, grudges and secrets come to the fore in amongst the grief before the inevitable forgiveness.
| Starring | Julie Walters, John Hannah, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Patricia Hodge, Tom Wilkinson |
|---|---|
| Director | Lewis Gilbert |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Jan 2003 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Based on Shelagh Stephenson's award-winning play The Memory of Water, this old-fashioned, fantasy-tinged tragicomedy contains bravura turns by Julie Walters, Joanne Whalley and Victoria Hamilton. Their vibrant performances thankfully offset the somewhat stodgy direction of veteran Lewis Gilbert (Educating Rita). The trio play three sisters returning home for their formidable mother's funeral, who each find their own way of coping with the loss via conflicting childhood memories and the growing disappointments of their adult lives. Troubled Whalley is haunted by visions of their mother's ghost, health fanatic Walters sparkles in yet another eccentric role while Hamilton mops up the leftover laughter as the stoned nymphomaniac. Tom Wilkinson, as Walters's downtrodden husband, and John Hannah — Whalley's married lover — do wonders to support the sardonic edge of this low-key melodrama.
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A tale of a mother's death, and the disinterment of childhood conflicts by the three daughters who return home to bury... read more on Time Out
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6 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Atrocious!
Hard to decide what went wrong with this British comedy drama - interesting cast, reknown director, story with potential... the result, however, is awful. Walters, Whalley and Hamilton never gel as sisters, with Hamilton giving a singularly irritating, humourless and frankly horrible performance. It lurches from clunking 'comedy' to soapy drama, with the actors struggling to breath any life into the appalling script. It has its roots in a stage play and this shows at every creaking turn. Was Mr. Gilbert asleep during the entire shoot? One star for Patricia Hodge playing against type to great effect, and possibly Joanne Whalley who somehow manages to be believable against all the odds (their scenes are the only ones that work). Otherwise, AVOID!
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Funny and sad - a bit quirky at times - good British cast and lovely scenery. Worth watching but not high impact
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Before You Go
Julie Walters, Joanne Whalley and Victoria Hamilton play three sisters who are reunited for the funeral of their mother. Predictably this reunion sees their lifelong problems, grudges and secrets come to the fore in amongst the grief before the inevitable forgiveness....
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