Critic Reviews

Anchored by a nicely understated performance by Seann William Scott, Just Before I Go effectively juggles a wealth of genuine, at times profound, emotion with quite a bit of nutty-raunchy humor.

The film falters when it ham-fistedly attempts to detour into sensitive drama.

Just Before I Go is a “Garden State” retread in which filthy jokes gradually cede ground to sentimental slush.

The former “Friends” star clearly wanted something special, but sadly the result is ... this.

Just Before I Go, the directorial debut of Courteney Cox, lurches along a wobbly line between salacious comic nastiness and nauseating sentimentality. The two strains are so poorly integrated that the screenplay (by David Flebotte) feels like pieces from two different projects mashed together with little oversight.

Dull and tamped down throughout, Scott convinces well enough as a guy who wants be put out of his misery, and there isn’t an actor here who doesn’t look ready to join him.