75
A film one can admire, but it is not "likable," per se, nor does its director wish it to be.
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88
It all comes down to Nolot's marvelous performance: His Pierre is sulky, morose, self-centered and curiously likeable, and Nolot leaves you wanting to know a bit more about just where this odd figure might be headed.
60
If you've pondered how to order a round of fellatio as one orders a pizza or wondered what gay gentlemen of a certain age talk about, this touching glimpse of faded beauty and looming decrepitude fits the bill.
67
It's hardly a rosy picture of what it's like to be gay and 60 in Paris. But it's an engrossing picture.
90
Before I Forget is, in the broad sense, "gay-themed." But it's also one of the loveliest, most direct and most devastating pictures about aging that I've ever seen.
80
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
An unblinking portrait of a complicated, solitary gay man who has outlived his working years.