Before You Know It

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Before You Know It

2013

1h 52m

Documentary

Biography

Drama

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A cross-dressing loner, the flamboyant owner of a gay bar and a gay-rights activist have different approaches to living out their retirement years.

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

What they say is something all of us should take to heart, regardless of that number we refer to as our age.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 19, 2014

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

In the end, one wonders exactly what Raval wants to say here except that the challenges of growing old in America are not confined to one sexual orientation or another.

Jun 12, 2014

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Tom Keogh

Seattle Times

A bittersweet documentary that follows three gay men in different parts of the country who feel time and change breathing down their necks.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 5, 2014

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Fr. Chris Carpenter

Movie Dearest

The documentary doesn't make growing old (especially as gay men) something to look forward to exactly, but it goes a way in helping to demystify or de-stigmatize it.

Rated: B

Jun 14, 2014

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Jamie S. Rich

Oregonian

Touching and poignant, offering inspiring men a platform to show their struggles and triumphs during a stage of life that rarely gets its due, despite it coming to all of us eventually.

Jun 13, 2014

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

Warm and heartfelt, but tedious, overlong and intellectually underwhelming.

Jun 2, 2014

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The film wore the writer/director's sexuality on its sleeve at every turn and strongly detracted from the comedic impact. Boorish, sexual predictors (aka men in general) lurk at every corner along with the forced tween character of "Dodge" with rainbow striped golf shirts. They had Judith Light willing to play an over the hill, half demented soap opera star...which will never happen again...and this should have been mined for the colossal comedic potential that it offered. Instead this character was squandered as were the acting talents of Baldwin and MP. The production standards and camera work were also jarringly amateurish. In one scene...a character comes to a gate but the camera keeps going past her down an iron fence. Some shots were overly bright and others under lit lit. Scenes showing auditions, paparazzi, and stage directors were phony looking. The film plods along and goes off on tangents until tedium sets in. They should have shortened it by a half an hour and used more of Judith Light in the time remaining.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

Heartbreaking, life-affirming and thought-provoking doc that should-be necessary viewing for every gay person who never considers the "invisible" years ahead.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Such a wonderful film viewing experience - heartwarming, humorous and humane. Provides a window into the worlds of three everyday, yet extremely compelling, characters, and tells its story with such great joy and compassion. It's a documentary about gay seniors, but is really about aging, the human condition, and the dreams that unite us. Highly recommended.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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PJ Raval

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Dixie Monroe

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Carly Davin Nation

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PJ Raval

Writer

Kyle Henry

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Sara Giustini

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Synopsis

A cross-dressing loner, the flamboyant owner of a gay bar and a gay-rights activist have different approaches to living out their retirement years.

Director: PJ Raval
Producer: Sara Giustini, PJ Raval
Screenwriter: PJ Raval, Kyle Henry
Production Co: ITVS International, Unraval Pictures
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 20, 2015
Runtime: 1h 52m

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