Before Night Falls 2000 Watch Free in HD

The movie is a richly imagined journey into the life and writings of brilliant Cuban author and exile Reinaldo Arenas, from his childhood in Oriente province to his death in New York City.

Genre:

Drama, Biography

Actors:

Olatz López Garmendia, Giovanni Florido, Loló Navarro, Batan Silva, Carmen Beato, Cy Schnabel, Olmo Schnabel, Vito Schnabel, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Diego Luna, Lia Chapman, ...»

Director:

Julian Schnabel

Country:

United States

Release:

2000

IMDb:

7.1

Quality:

Duration:

133 min

Washington Post

It's a struggle not just to make art but to exist, which is itself an art. And to that goal, the cast members, led by the astonishing Bardem, allow themselves to be devoured by the roles they are playing.

February 23, 2001

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Combustible Celluloid

despite a real commitment to Arenas and his work, the film just falls short.

July 25, 2003

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Film Geek Central

This could have been a compelling movie about a wonderful writer, but instead it's a tedious, pointless mess. After spending over 2 hours with Arenas, I still knew nothing about him. Javier Bardem's great performance seemed to be a complete waste.

May 10, 2013

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Orlando Sentinel

Clearly this is Bardem's show. And Bardem walks away with it.

March 12, 2001

Film Scouts

Schabel's most recent work fails to move me. While the story of Reinaldo Arenas is tragic enough to be interesting (and Javier Bardem's performance sympathetic) the film as a whole simply seems long and indulgent.

June 21, 2007

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Houston Chronicle

Consistently intriguing and surprisingly entertaining.

February 23, 2001

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Suite101.com

"Before Night Falls" exuberantly portrays a writer whose legacy remains an acutely observant childhood spirit that no perversion of politics could break. Javier Bardem blends the swagger of Robert Downey Jr. and the brooding of a young Al Pacino.

September 25, 2010

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Washington Post

Though Schnabel's first picture, Basquiat, was notable for its excess and self-indulgence, the filmmaker shows restraint and maturity in this moving depiction of Arenas's life and loves.

February 23, 2001

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Miami Herald

Soulful, deeply moving.

February 23, 2001

Entertainment Today

Saddled with a wandering opening and an equally listless conclusion, a more fitting name for this two hour-plus biopic might well be Before Night Falters.

February 17, 2003

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EmanuelLevy.Com

One of the first features about Castro's impact on artists and homosexuals, this biopic is well acted by Bardem

April 30, 2011

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Rolling Stone

In uniting to honor Arenas, Bardem and Schnabel create something extraordinary.

June 04, 2001

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