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Billy Crystal Drama ‘Before’ Is a Stagnant, Repetitive Mess: TV Review
Billy Crystal drama 'Before', on Apple TV+, is a stagnant, repetitive mess.
One can at least admire “Before” for prioritizing its dreary, mudbound mood over even its central performance, the element so many other limited series build themselves around in the hopes star power will attract our divided attention. Created by Sarah Thorp (“Damien”), “Before” stars Billy Crystal as Eli Adler, a child psychologist reeling from the death of his wife Lynn (Judith Light) after a long battle with cancer. “Before” isn’t exactly a case of a comedian turning self-serious in an overcorrecting attempt at prestige; Eli is initially established as a skeptic in denial, both about potentially paranormal aspects of Noah’s condition and his own lingering emotions.
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