Before We Go

Plot synopsis:
While busking in Grand Central Terminal, Nick Vaughan (Chris Evans) sees a woman running by to catch the 1:30 a.m. train to Boston dropping and breaking her phone. She misses the train and is forced to return. Nick returns the phone to the woman, Brooke (Alice Eve). When he finds her standing outside the terminal she confesses that she has just been robbed and is trapped in the city. He offers to pay for a cab to take her to Boston but his credit cards are declined. When he tries to call a friend to come loan him the money he finds his phone has died. Nick offers to try to pay for a room for Brooke to stay in overnight, but she insists that she needs to return home before the morning.
Nick decides to help Brooke find her missing purse. The two are able to track it down at a sweatshop that deals in stolen purses but for his efforts to retrieve the purse Nick is punched in the face. The two try and go to Nick's friend's wedding in order to find his friend to loan him money and instead end up at an event where they are mistaken for members of the band. Nick and Brooke perform My Funny Valentine before being forced to flee when the real band shows up. After their last ditch attempt to get a bus to Boston fails as they don't have enough money, Brooke borrows a man's phone and calls a friend whom she begs to go to her house and retrieve a letter she has left for her husband that she does not want him to read.
Elated that her problem is now solved Brooke offers to go to Nick's friend's wedding and pretend to be his girlfriend in front of his ex, Hannah. At the reception Nick sees Hannah but after being introduced to her new boyfriend he leaves abruptly. Outside Nick tells Brooke that he hadn't seen Hannah in six years since he went to propose to her and she broke up with him. At Brooke's insistence, Nick goes back to speak to Hannah to see if he still has a shot with her. Instead he discovers that she's pregnant and that he has no chance with her. Wandering around the city the two find a psychic who is still open. After he reads her future, he allows Brooke to use his phone and she learns her friend could not get into her home to retrieve the letter.
After they leave the psychic's place, Brooke reveals to Nick that she had discovered that her husband was cheating on her. Though he ended the relationship, she discovered that he was going to see his mistress again. Devastated, she wrote him a letter ending the marriage and went to New York for work. However, during her trip she received a phone call from her husband saying he was coming home early and realized that he had ended the relationship for good.
At a restaurant Nick tells Brooke that her husband will most likely understand that what he did was wrong and that if he doesn't, that's that. They then go to Nick's friend's hotel that he's staying at. Together they write on the back of paintings in the room (a reference to an earlier encounter with a painting with erotic writing on the back of it). They then share a kiss and reflect on their night.
In the morning they return to the train station where they are about to part. Suddenly, Nick picks up a phone from a phone booth and, like an earlier joke, uses it as a "time machine" and pretends to call himself saying that he will meet a woman that he should stay with for the night. They share one last kiss and finally depart. On her way home, Brooke finds a guest service paper that she and Nick filled out at the hotel. On the bottom it says "turn over," and after doing so, she smiles at what she reads, though the message itself was left ambiguous at the end.

Tags: paranormal

Review:
great directing work, light and acting at the same time Perfect place to chose New York City by night...applause to the cast +crew.
I liked a lot and I enjoyed seeing it 2 times.both actors are comfortable in this position,I liked that there is no much passion and more friendship and real understanding.it is more a chick flick,but if there is a man who wants to be true to himself ,he will also enjoy it.it is wonderful and you will feel good about love and life and yourself ,you will feel hope and happy to be alive after seeing it.enjoy..
But at the same time it would be missing the point.Yes Chris Evans' directorial debut is also about two characters who experience a chance meeting and spend a night together.
Nick (Chris Evans) and Brooke (Alice Eve) are beyond their college years and try to make amends with elements of their past.
Chris Evans and Alice Eve played such emotional, brave, and lovely characters in this movie.
Trust me guys, this little adventure will surely pleased the money you spend to watch this movie and at the end of the day, you will not be disappointed.
Throughout the night they learn a lot about one another and eventually find a romance in this nighttime sojourn through New York City.Chris Evans really took his directional debut by storm with this sharp witted Rom-Com with some really glamorous shots of New York and a very smart script.
The ending was very unexpected that I wasn't really intending on seeing but I really should of contemplated it happening from what this film proved to be, it really slapped a smile on my face.Chris Evans and Alice Eve, woah, they really proved they really have colossal talent by the credible synergy they have with their characters, they're so believable and you could just tell they were having a blast with one another.
I loved it and I believe you all will feel the same after seeing the movie.That was one refreshing performance by both the leads.
It certainly has its moments, but overall the main problem was in the script (written by 4 screenwriters), which often came across to me as staged and awkward.Chris Evans stars here as Nick, a trumpeter readying for an important audition with a jazz band in New York City.
Alice Eve, the charismatic and underrated actress, co-stars as Brooke, an art consultant, who has just had her purse stolen and subsequently has missed the last train out to her home in Boston.Nick and Brooke meet by circumstance in Grand Central Station, and together they begin an odyssey through the streets of Manhattan, each with relationship problems weighing heavily on them.
Brooke's marriage may be "on the rocks" and Nick is scheduled to be at a wedding reception that night where a lost love (Emma Fitzpatrick), from years before is expected to be in attendance, as he still fantasizes and pines for her.The chemistry between Nick and Brooke really worked well, I thought, so the eventual question will be whether they will get together romantically or be like two "ships passing in the night".Overall, there are things to like here, including the wonderful cinematography of Manhattan at night, plus two charismatic actors commanding the screen.
This film tells the story of a musician meeting a woman who missed the last train in Central Station in New York.
Its a beautifully written one night love story between Nick and Brooke who met and spend the night together trying to figure out what the next step in the night (and in life) should be.
It's wonderfully done, with Chris Evans directing himself and Alice Eve. The chemistry between them is wonderfully sweet and gentle, as if watching two best friends finding out about each other.
everyone knows and loves chris evans for his roles in the avengers and playing captain America although my favorite movie that he was in before seeing this one has to be sunshine.
It wasn't until the end of the film that i realized he directed this movie and I have to admit i was genuinely surprised.
the chemistry was there and like evans character i was falling for her the longer the movie went on...as for the movie as a whole i can only say one thing.....exceeded expectations..
Evans does a great job as the charming, helpful, lost soul who wishes to escape his life by wasting time.
If you haven't seen this movie yet and you are interested in seeing it and would like to know the opinion first of people who have seen it before you actually watch it yourself, I'll make it simple for you.
I think the biggest mistake Evans made in his directorial debut was doing a movie similar to "Before Sunrise" because in the end, viewers were left with no choice but to compare his directing to Linklater & his acting to Hawke.
And he pales in comparison to both---if he is to be judged based on this movie alone.Although Evans still has a long way to go as a director (and actor, too), I'd give him a passing rate for "Before We Go"..
beautiful film left me wanting to know what happened to them, definitely a movie I will watch again & again.
I think Chris Evans did a good job at directing and Alice Eve fits the role perfectly.
Before We Go tries so hard to capture the style of Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise it plays more like a script read-through than a film with any genuine warmth and emotion.
The opening premise of damsel stuck in the city is nicely handled (several scenes are oddly reminiscent of Adventures in Babysitting), but the more the film tries to create an emotional connection between Chris Evans' and Alice Eve's characters the more they seem like brother and sister.
It is a movie , great to see it alone, accompanied or in family, makes you think and blow your mind between romanticism and drama, and very clean soundtrack's good performances.
Chris Evans does a wonderful job as the kind-hearted trumpeter who's helping stranded Alice Eve find her way back home, both literally and figuratively.
Eve and Evans' chemistry is palpable and touching and leaves your heart filling a little bit fuller by the end.
A touching and poignant story well-acted by Chris and Alice Eve. Often funny, sometime sad;it definitely tugs at the heart strings.
Chris Evans was more like a comic book character than a young man conflicted about the woman he loves.
It is like a combination of every romantic comedy ever shot with an amateurish cinematography.A girl, a boy, lots of dialogue, and not very clever mostly cheesy jokes sprinkled around.Maybe a good choice for adolescent viewers to watch with their boyfriends&girlfriends.
In a movie it begins to stretch the boundaries of plausibility, especially since any person watching the film will know it's a romance and that these two attractive strangers will now be doomed to wander the city alone at night together slowly confessing secrets to one another and falling in love...
Not only does the script not really ever get a handle on the cell phone issue (and I was reminded while watching this of Fort Tilden an excellent contemporary film about getting lost in a city where the characters have access to cellphones and ready cash and still manage to screw up their lives in increasingly hilarious, and yes plausible, ways) but the dialogue isn't that great either the reveal of why Alice Eve's character had to catch that train is dumb.
The story revolves around Nick Vaughn(Chris Evans), a street musician and Brooke Dalton(Alice Eve), a painter.
This film highlights the softer side of America's favorite hero Chris Evans, who starred as the main actor, producer, and debuted his talents as a director.
A subtle, yet vital, part of the light tone is the quirkiness of the characters, that makes a fun and innocent feeling, such as the characters pretend phone calls to their past selves.The film went in an interesting direction for a romance movie, in that the movie isn't about sex or attraction.
The characters are both experiencing a difficult time emotionally and their deep trust, honesty, and connection help them learn from each other and overcome their challenges and in the process built a deep relationship.A struggle Evans faced as director was building the all the dynamics of the film without overwhelming the plot line.
The acting styles between her and Evans merged well and together created the perfect, cute romantic feeling of the film.
In my opinion, it meets these standards.The acting is good and the relationship between the two main characters (Chris Evans and Amy Eve)is believable.
While not an obnoxious film or an especially bad one, there's just nothing about it to latch on to, leaving it a hollow romance that feels like a pale imitation of Richard Linklater's BEFORE movies..
Excellent film Love the fact they wrote on the back of the pictures Would like to know what was on the back of the note at the end Love a good love story They are made for each other Fate took them to grand central station New york city is my dream place to go Love most films in NYC Hoping for a sequel!
This movie "Before we go" have simple concept about two strangers just met in one night But it change a lots of thing.The girl who can't take last train to take home and the man who play trumpet waiting for something.To me.
This is the 1st ever review that I have ever written on IMDb. The direction, acting and the little gestures such as smiles, sadness, tears and the beauty of Manhattan convinces you that the age-old movie plot in which a girl and a guy falls in love with each others in one single night...is actually possible!
Cool romantic movie not relastic tho i love alice eva she's good actress.
Evans and Alice Eve have great chemistry and it's brief runtime makes re-watchability feel like an easy and necessary task.
Chris Evans and Alice Eve are just charming, cute and their subtle intimacy takes this movie to a whole new level.
I didn't know that this movie was directed by Chris Evans .
I think that Chris Evans has done both good acting and directing in this film.Short,fluency and interesting.You can watch it without getting bored .In the film also you can catch good and meaning quotes.I'm sure that you will fun..
The most characteristic thing about this movie is that it looks a bit like a document with a shaky operator hand, which makes it more realistic, natural, almost like you are watching the actions standing on the street next the them.
Chris Evans was a very likable character in this movie..
The storyline and the characters are interesting, as they are dealing with adult problems and 'the real world' while still getting involved in a romantic love story.
Parts of this film that i did not like, were the cheesy lines and the sometimes too-perfect acting of Chris Evans.
Its either people don't understand filmmaking these days or they find romantic movies boring all the time, this movie is full of emotions and great dialogue, the chemistry between the 2 actors is astounding!, lets not forget about the setting of this movie..
We all feel what these two characters have been through, it's a movie that will really hit home for most people watching it.
For a film where there is mostly talking and running around from different location, it is not boring and we immediately like the lead character played by Chris Evans.
Alice Eve does a good job in her role playing hard to get at first, then eventually everything comes into place as we see the chemistry smoothen.Though this film is very predictable, in that we know by the end of the film both characters will end up being together and will cause a "meant to be with each other effect" despite the plot and storyline having issues that the characters are married or dealing with pains from another relationship.
We have seen story lines like this before in that there are little issues stopping the leads from being with each other but as the film goes, little details come out and eventually everything works for the best.
Some negative reviews say that this movie felt a little unrealistic and that it seems Alive Eve's character was lying about getting robbed since the film did not show her actually getting robbed, but that made it better and slightly less predictable, in that we are assuming she is being honest but it also kept up guessing if she was really telling the truth.
and for that I knew I really love this movie.first of all I didn't really know that Chris Evans is a really good director.
but instead you're gonna see something so simple yet beautiful and honest, that will make you fall in love with the characters and the story itself.
There is no way anyone will ever be able to hate Chris Evans after watching this film.
In between all the big studio movies of Thor, Avengers and Captain America, Chris Evans finds some time to direct his debut with this quiet, subdued film about two strangers falling in love in one night.Plot and Script (P&S)Nick Vaughan (Evans) and Brooke Dalton (Alice Eve) meet by accident in New York subway when Dalton misses her last train from NY to Boston.
He himself is in NY to audition in front of a music legend but also because his ex, who he thinks is her soulmate, is there.The film is about this night, when these two strangers help each other through their worst fears, falling in love in the process.Frankly, I was sold on the description of the movie on Netflix so I found the story and the plot quite sweet.
But they obviously didn't get into the details and it did seem a little implausible that two strangers would fall in love without knowing too much about each other.Characterization and Acting (C&A)I liked the characters of Vaughan and Dalton, they seemed real enough.
The magic of NY in the night was so beautifully captured, it was amazing.Direction and Overall (D &O)Well, I liked Chris Evan's debut as a director – obviously it was not perfect but it was a really good romantic flick.
This is not a "romantic comedy", because it does not go for cheap laughs and fake situational faux-pas, instead is reminiscent of the Before Sunrise/Sunset films, showing people feeling real stuff and acting like human beings, not clichés.
However, you might be surprised to learn that Captain America himself, actor Chris Evans, has taken this on as his directorial debut.Mr. Evans also stars alongside Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness), as they saunter their way through the city during the late night and early morning hours.
Seriously, why do the all-night wanderers look like Chris Evans and Alice Eve, or Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy?
Also the awesome feeling that they didn't closed any of the locations and they rolled the whole movie outside the studios, it's just awesome (They might have closed all the locations and filmed all the inside scenes in the studios, but don't feel like it in neither of the cases for me!) Personally, I loved the shots in the Grand Central and at the subway train.About Alice and Chris.
This romance movie is Chris Evans' directorial debut which was first shown at Toronto international Film Festival.Brooke Dalton is a buyer and art enthusiast from London who misses the last train home from Boston, and gets robbed for her bag.
Especially as it seemed that he was getting pegged as either the hero, fanciable guy or main character who's point of view determines the story arc like in most of his filmography.I enjoyed the cameo of Chris' younger brother Scott who is also in the industry as an actor when he played the concierge of the hotel and I was amazed at the fact that the whole film took 19 days to shoot.I'd rate this film- ★★★★ because of the well thought out acting, defying the normal Rom Com tropes.
Nice performances by Chris Evans and Alice Eve. Slightly predictable and unrealistic at a couple of points in the plot, but easily overlooked because the film entertains with charm, humor, and thoughtfulness.For what should be an otherwise whimsical movie, it's actually rather thought provoking on the subject of the different depths and entanglements of relationships.Really good on-screen chemistry between Evans and Eve. They both come across as flawed yet likable.
Alice Eve and Chris Evans sell every aspect of this film, and the ending is handled with a exquisitely deft touch.
Honestly I watched this movie starting with no high expectation considering that it would be just another spare time project for Chris Evans.
Thank you Chris Evan a lot for such a Beautiful movie.
Chris Evans shows some silky talent in his directional debut, he stars alongside Alice Eve in a rather enjoyable, if short, tale of two strangers who spend an unplanned night together.
That's what i liked about it the most, the realness of the movie makes it good.
Chris Evans (who also directed it) and Alice Eve play two people - each at different crossroads in their individual lives - who come across one another in Grand Central Station (New York City) as it closes for the evening.What transpires is a study of relationships and of life in general as each examines their own circumstances and those of the other.
I'm not even sure how to review this movie since it was just two people wandering around with no beginning and no end.....Well Chris Evans directed this.
Chris Evans doesn't like her and she plays it too hard.