                                ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, February 24, 1996            TAG: 9602270059
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 10   EDITION: METRO 
                                             TYPE: MOVIE REVIEW 
MEMO: NOTE: Please see microfilm for text.

BEFORE' LACKS PURPOSE BUT STREEP AND SON ALMOST MAKE IT WORTHWHILE

True, there's nothing new under the sun, but there ought to be at least one rule for moviemaking: if you can't present a fresh subject, at least deal with a subject in a fresh way.

Before and after ** A Hollywood-Caravan release showing at Tanglewood Mall, Salem Valley 8. 115 minutes. Rated PG-13 for graphic violence.

LENGTH: Short :   22 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson star in "before and After."

by CNB