Before and After

For the Star Trek: Voyager episode, see Before and After (VOY). Before and After is a 1996 film, based on the 1992 novel of the same title by American writer Rosellen Brown. The movie was directed by Barbet Schroeder and starred Meryl Streep as Dr. Carolyn Ryan, Liam Neeson as Ben Ryan, Edward Furlong as Jacob Ryan, and Julia Weldon as Judith Ryan (who also narrated the movie). Carolyn and Ben Ryan are faced with a living nightmare when their son... more

For the Star Trek: Voyager episode, see Before and After (VOY). Before and After is a 1996 film, based on the 1992 novel of the same title by American writer Rosellen Brown. The movie was directed by Barbet Schroeder and starred Meryl Streep as Dr. Carolyn Ryan, Liam Neeson as Ben Ryan, Edward Furlong as Jacob Ryan, and Julia Weldon as Judith Ryan (who also narrated the movie). Carolyn and Ben Ryan are faced with a living nightmare when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend. The parents' differing views of how to handle the situation create much of the tension. less