Billy Crystal shines in a rare dramatic role

Billy Crystal Drama ‘Before' Is a Stagnant, Repetitive Mess: TV Review
Even with half-hour episodes, several coming in under the 25-minute mark, this drama still manages to drag, endlessly repeating the same setups and visual themes to buy time until an unsatisfying conclusion.
Billy Crystal shines in a rare dramatic role, but ‘Before’ is far too muddled
Crystal is an interesting choice to shepherd audiences on this creepy voyage, created by Sarah Thorp. The once-boyish comic actor leans into the trauma drama, his unshaven face gray, his clothes unkempt.
'Before' review: Billy Crystal thriller series is a bloody mess
"Before" seems to have been inspired by the M. Night Shyamalan classic "The 6th Sense," about the dead therapist and the boy who can see him. At least "Before" had the decency to come up with a different ending. It's the beginning and everything in between that's the problem.
'Before' on Apple TV+: Billy Crystal in a dramatic role?
Puckish American comic Billy Crystal strikes out in a new direction as the star of the limited series "Before," premiering Friday on Apple TV+. Let us say at the outset that he is completely able to handle the assignment.
Billy Crystal Gets Spooky in Before
The streaming landscape is an impractical maze, and the good stuff easily gets lost in the shuffle. But most of us can still find one show that cuts through the noise. We call this “appointment viewing” — or the time you carve out in your busy schedule to watch the show you’ll want to unpack the next day with your friends while it’s still on your mind.
Billy Crystal Opens Up About Losing a Friend to Suicide and How the 'Dark' Moment Helped Inspire His Before Role (Exclusive)
Billy Crystal shares with PEOPLE how he partly drew upon personal experiences to portray is latest dramatic role in the Apple ...
Billy Crystal Surprised Even Himself Taking a Darker Leading Role in Apple TV+’s ‘Before’
The actor also tells TheWrap about the long journey to develop the psychological thriller alongside Eric Roth and Sarah Thorp ...
'Before' star Billy Crystal skillfully handles the heavy parts of a gimmicky ghost story
Still, Crystal will always be best known for his time on “Saturday Night Live,” his nine stints as host of the Oscars, and ...
Before First Look: Billy Crystal Tells Therapist He Found Mysterious Boy with 'Bloody' Fingers on His Doorstep (Exclusive)
Billy Crystal opens up to his therapist in a clip from his upcoming Apple TV+ supernatural drama 'Before' exclusively ...
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Billy Crystal Struggles to Clarify Apple TV+’s Haunting New Horror Series “Before”
It's disjointed in its best moments and flat-out bad in its worst, and by the end of the series, it feels like a waste of ...
Billy Crystal: 'Before' keeps you on the edge of your chair
Actor and executive producer Billy Crystal joins Morning Joe to discuss the new 10-episode psychological thriller 'Before' on ...
Billy Crystal Thinks He Accidentally Donated Iconic “When Harry Met Sally” Sweater: ‘I’ve Racked My Brain’ (Exclusive)
"UCLA, if you’re watching, maybe would you check the archives?” the actor joked to PEOPLE Harry Burns’ iconic sweater is ...
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Billy Crystal and Jacobi Jupe Talk 'Before' and Working Together
Moviefone speaks with Billy Crystal and Jacobi Jupe about Apple TV+'s 'Before'. The first idea was mine and it ends up being ...
Billy Crystal stars in ‘Before.’ Here’s how to watch and stream for free
Before” stars Crystal as Eli, a child psychiatrist, who, after recently losing his wife, Lynn (Judith Light), encounters a ...