(SXSW) on March 11, 2014, where it won the Audience Award and was nominated for the Grand Jury Award. Following SXSW, the film was shown at a handful of festivals, including the 71st Venice International Film Festival, where it was the only American film that was selected for the Venice Days program. IFC Films was announced to have acquired the American distribution rights to Before I Disappear on August 5, 2014. IFC gave the film a limited theatrical release on November 28, 2014. Home media Simultaneous with the home media distribution of Before I Disappear, IFC released the film on November 28, 2014 on video on demand via Amazon.com and iTunes. The film was released on DVD and Netflix on May 19, 2015. Reception Box office The film opened on November 28, 2014 in one theater and on select VOD platforms. As of August 2016, it earned $10,078 from five screens. Critical response The film won the South by Southwest Audience Award and was in competition at the Venice Film Festival. On Rotten Tomatoes it holds a 37% approval rating based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. Metacritic gives the film a rating of 47/100 based on 13 critic reviews. Moviefone called it "visually daring, nearly wondrous, and might be the best late night New York movie since Martin Scorsese's After Hours. Justin Chang of Variety called it "visually well mounted, but too overwrought to really convince or resonate". Eric Kohn of Indiewire rated it B− and wrote that the film "contains all the strong moments that distinguished Curfew while surrounding them with a lot of superfluous additions". Mark Adams of Screen Daily described it as "a stylish and beautifully shot adaptation, strong on performance and a nicely nuanced script, but in the end perhaps lacking an expanded story to suit its feature length." David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote a negative review, in which he criticized the writing and flow of the film as being sporadic, but gave credit to the performances of the actors. Accolades References External links Before I Disappear at IFC Films 2014 films 2014 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films Features based on short films Films about children Films about death Films set in Manhattan Films shot in New York (state) 2014 directorial debut films Films about siblings Films about drugs 2010s English-language films Films directed by Shawn Christensen 2010s American films