Ted Morgan (Seann William Scott) struggles with a middling empty life. He lost his father as a child. He escaped to LA and married lively Penny (Elisha Cuthbert). When she leaves him for another man, he contemplates suicide. He decides to go back to his home town Kempton to confront his past tormentors before his final act. His police brother Lucky (Garret Dillahunt) is married to Kathleen (Kate Walsh) with two boys. Kathleen is a masturbating sleepwalker. His nephew Zeke (Kyle Gallner) is in the closet secretly dating Romeo. His mother (Connie Stevens) lives in the trailer park with her lover Shirley Bromfield. He goes to confront his mean teacher in her retirement home and finds her granddaughter Greta (Olivia Thirlby). Greta starts following him to document his dark journey. Rowley Stansfield (Rob Riggle) is the reformed school bully. Vickie is the nice girl from school who got stuck in an unhappy marriage with five kids.Courteney Cox tries her hand at directing. It's a really, really tough movie to get right especially as a first time director. It's all very flat. The humor isn't there and it's not specifically dark enough. The visual sensibility is too bright. One imagines a more experienced voice could get the tone right. There is plenty of acting skills on the cast but they can only do so much. SWS is doing depressed seriousness. Thirlby is the only one able to inject any kind humor with some heartbreak. The weird stuff could be funny on the page but most of it doesn't translate onto the screen. Gallner is going for the dramatic awards. There is a lot of heart but it gets undermined by humor that doesn't work. The movie is all over the place. The level of difficulty is simply too high for newcomer Cox.

Well if your expecting the Sean William Scott character of American pie and Dude Where's My Car, then you will be disappointed, which is the only reason I can see people giving bad reviews. Which is still no excuse. This is why I think movie critics are saying he's no longer a good actor and done. But they know not what they are talking about, and as usual with their critique they are dead wrong.He does a very good acting job in a serious/dark comedy/Drama. It is very good all around about life in general to a point, with some very good points, and just insight. I recommend this to anyone who wants a good night of sitting and watching a very entertaining movie.Take a chance you will not be disappointed.

Just Before I Go is one of the silliest, pointless films I have ever watched.There was one particular scene, where the character Greta is talking to the character Ted during what was supposed to be an intense, high-drama scene. The syrupy, ridiculous and silly words that come out of Greta's mouth were so inappropriate for the scene that I was instantly embarrassed for her that she had to say them, and I alternated between being embarrassed for Courtney Cox to being angered at Cox that after seeing that scene so many times during the performance, dailies and screenings she said to herself, "Yeah, that's good" and included it in the film.The lines that were meant to be jokes missed their marks by a long shot, with some even being insulting, like a running gag about someone becoming a "retard." Sure, a minor character does pop his head up and says he finds that word offensive – ya think? – but that hardly makes it OK for the use of the word and the way it is used. And to be sure, I am not someone who is caught up in political correctness; quite the opposite.I feel the worst for Olivia Thirlby, who is a classically trained actor, having trained extensively in classical Shakespearian acting in New York at the American Globe Theatre, and in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Why on earth would she accept a role like this?If this is the best work Courtney Cox can do as a director, she needs to go back to acting and leave directing to professionals who know what they are doing.There is a reason this film grossed only $8,129 for its US opening weekend. Heck, you could put your home movies on a few screens around the country and gross more than $8,129.This movie is terrible.

The main reason I wanted to check this movie out is because it has Seann William Scott in it. I don't know, I just usually found him likable on screen. Plus he usually picks interesting or amusing movies to be in. Despite the negative reviews this movie has been getting, I personally enjoyed it. Sure, it can be a touchy subject when they decide to make a comedy about a guy that thinks suicide is the answer. But it goes in a endearing, kind of heartfelt and empathetic direction. With some awkward humor thrown in there. Seann William Scott constantly has this WTF face throughout the whole movie, but the thing is it actually works when it comes to the premise. So the story is about a guy who feels he is down on his luck, feels insignificant and thinks suicide is the only way. I think this is something that crossed most people's mind in their life, even if it's very slightly. Evem though there is no intention of going through with it. Anyways before he takes his life he wants to go back to his hometown and confront the people that have wronged him. He meets a girl who is the daughter of the teacher he detested in the past. I didn't think this was a laugh out loud comedy, but I did like the raunchy humor and didn't find it annoying to watch. Overall I personally think this is a very watchable movie, and at least think it's a okay movie to sit through at least once.6.5/10