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Stefanie l Started out slow but had a good turnaround! Definitely worth a watch! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/09/24 Full Review Donna M Ending a bit predictable but not quite on the mark. There was a twist, however no explanation for how Megam knew so much about their deceased daughter. That was left hanging and confusing. The endi g could have been done better. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/24 Full Review Jeff M I was so very excited to watch this movie based upon its plot synopsis and the favorable critical reaction on Rotten Tomatoes. But, for the life of me, I just could not get into the groove of this one. I love a good, slow-paced movie, but this is borderline lethargic, and the first three-quarters quite frankly bordered on tedium for me. And the twist explanation at the end, while certainly containing a bit of dramatic weight, doesn't really hold up well when scrutinized. I'd love to get more specific, but I'm not a spoiler. The one thing that held my interest throughout was the performance of Riseborough, a critically acclaimed actress about whom I've heard wonderful things but have not had the opportunity to see much of her work. She is splendid here and finds depths of vulnerability and empathy in a character that could very easily have become obnoxiously compulsive. I wish I had responded as well to the movie overall as I did to her performance. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/24 Full Review ian r Here Before has a twist I wasn't expecting. For most of it, the focus is the seemingly grief fuelled mental health of the main character, who comes to believe that the young daughter of her new neighbours is the reincarnation of her daughter. She's not. But there is a link. Strange to see many locations in and around Belfast that I know well. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Tony Absolutely terrible movie! Overwhelming slow, no climax, no thrills, and the twist ending makes absolutely no sense! Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/27/22 Full Review Kevin L I really enjoyed this film by director/writer Stacy Gregg, making her first full-length movie. And it's an assured, taut, and uniformly impressive first outing by Gregg. The cast, led by the wonderful Andrea Riseborough, is solid in general. Young actress Niamh Dornan is terrific as a girl trying to be both a daughter to her mam and to the lovely woman who lives next door who has lost her own wee girl. Riseborough is simply marvelous in the lead role of Laura, a wife and mother who has lost a daughter to a tragic accident but seems, when he first see her and her family, to be dealing well in her time since the death. Then her world is flipped about and her psyche torn again by the pains of her loss and the unimaginable thought of the new neighbor's having her own lost child in some reincarnated form. As would follow such a story line, some chaos and confusion builds between the families, as Laura becomes too attached to and consumed by Dornan's Megan (or is it Josie?), and Laura's son Tadgh builds up anger and envy with Megan's presence and her apparent recollections of Josie's childhood. Then there's the big reveal, and you find out why Megan's mother tells 'Brendy' it was a mistake. I found the ending to be one I was quite happy with as there is resolution that seems authentic, believable and even needed. Nicely done by editors Newman and Davis, camera work by Chloë Thomson, and great set designs (esp. the kids' rooms), by McGuinness. So glad this didn't get twisted into some horror flick ala Audrey Rose, which isn't bad, but it would've been a disservice to "Her Before". 3.3 stars Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/30/22 Full Review Read all reviews

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