Before I Fall Is Made for Lovers of Pacific Northwest Gothic

by Charles MudedeVery green and very gothic: Before I Fall. Open Road Films
Just before something bad happens early in Before I Fall, a young woman driving an SUV yells, "The Pacific Northwest rain!" Yes, it's raining, but not heavily. It's that monotonous rain of our region. It's not the kind of rain that Annie Lennox describes in that popular tune—the rain that comes down again and falls on your head like a new emotion. The PNW rain always has the same mood, a mood that lingers even when