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Before Sunset (2004)

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95

Average Rating: 8.3/10
Reviews Counted: 168
Fresh: 159 | Rotten: 9

Filled with engaging dialogue, Before Sunset is a witty, poignant romance, with natural chemistry between Hawke and Delpy.

95

Average Rating: 8.4/10
Critic Reviews: 44
Fresh: 42 | Rotten: 2

Filled with engaging dialogue, Before Sunset is a witty, poignant romance, with natural chemistry between Hawke and Delpy.

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Richard Linklater directs the romantic drama Before Sunset, a sequel to Before Sunrise (1995). Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) were strangers who spent a loquacious night together in Vienna. Nine years later, Jesse has written a book about the encounter. During his accelerated European book tour, he reunites with Celine in Paris. Before Jesse's flight home, he joins Celine for a picturesque walk around Paris peppered with intimate conversation: at first, about the minutiae of their

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Drama, Romance, Comedy

Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke

Nov 9, 2004

$5.6M

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All Critics (168) | Top Critics (44) | Fresh (166) | Rotten (10) | DVD (31)

It's a lovely, beguiling little film a rare treat during this overheated season of blockbusters. It's also an unusual example of a follow-up that doesn't seem forced, but expands effortlessly on the original.

August 8, 2012 Full Review Source: Associated Press
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The reunion has some lively moments, but a great deal of slow walking and fatuous talking about love, married life and sex.

August 8, 2012 Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal
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At the risk of overhyping 80 minutes of intimate real-time, this is the soul of generosity, a beautifully vibrant and big-spirited film.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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Before Sunrise and Before Sunset are a rare case of two movies that rightfully demand yet another sequel.

August 1, 2004
New Yorker
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A richer experience than the original.

July 30, 2004 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel
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Mr. Linklater and his two creative leads have managed a miraculous transformation of the characters from once-callow lovers into grown-ups teetering on the edge of eternity.

July 23, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Observer
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A stone-cold masterpiece.

October 1, 2012 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy
Antagony & Ecstasy

Shooting in long takes, Linklater and his actors (who get co-screenwriting credit) allow the conversation to curlicue effortlessly from literate banter to matters of the heart, and sometimes to places in between.

August 8, 2012 Full Review Source: AV Club
AV Club

A realistic romance of disillusionment, bitterness and heartbreak. A fine film of, for and by middle age.

July 22, 2012 Full Review Source: Cinemania

Charming romance for older teens and adults only.

December 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

As a romance streaked with regrets, obligations and fears, "Sunset" builds to a wistful, perfect conclusion - a fadeout infused with the idea that a memory's never finished as long as you're alive and one of the loveliest last-line exchanges of all time.

September 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Suite101.com
Suite101.com

the film takes a miraculous healing turn at the end, and the characters rise above their ruefulness, and use it as a springboard into hope

January 17, 2010 Full Review Source: Cinemania

Well acted, very well written, well told, and bears yet another ending that will keep audiences wondering.

April 29, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed
Cinema Crazed

Linklater, Hawke and Delpy have collaborated on the script, resulting in an enthralling snapshot of life from the point of view of two like souls who spark by just being in each other's presence.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile
Urban Cinefile

Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy have reconvened to bring us this belated, yet very welcome sequel.

December 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film
Eye for Film

Before Sunset retains most of what was engaging about the first movie: it has its gentleness, its romanticism and, most importantly, its idealism. What it has lost is the sense of mystery.

August 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]
Guardian [UK]

I was charmed, engaged and moved by the delightful Before Sunset, and without having re-seen the earlier picture, it has been upgraded in my mind in the light of the new one.

August 25, 2007 Full Review Source: Observer [UK]
Observer [UK]

A gemlike minimalist triumph -- deeper and more provocative than its predecessor.

July 23, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
eFilmCritic.com

However, between Delpy, Hawke, and Linklater, a script was born and once again the couple meets, this time in Paris, this time for far fewer hours (and in real time).

August 17, 2006 Full Review Source: Bangitout.com
Bangitout.com

The dialogue captivates without ever feeling forced or cinematic...

July 25, 2005 Full Review Source: www.kcactive.com

Audience Reviews for Before Sunset

A masterpiece. A superbly written and superbly performed picture. Smart, funny and deeply moving. A magnificent piece of romantic film-making. The actors return to the essence of their characters and show how they developed and matured over the years. A film in which discusses real situations, moments and regrets. A wonderfully bittersweet ending which makes you want to know what happens next. It's captivating and complex and you cant help but feel sucked in. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy are superb, they have magnetic chemistry that works wonderfully. A tremendously compelling character piece.
February 3, 2007
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'Before Sunset'. This sequel carries through everything that is right and good about those long walks, intellectual conversations and natural, wonderful chemistry.

It builds on its predecessor, bringing with it the disappointment and responsibility of life, tackling love from yet another angle. The revelation that both have moved on, triggered by a non-event, living satisfactory, but empty lives is tragic. The recollecting of the past decade coupled with their present joy creates a bitter-sweet tone throughout, while that ending can bring only hope!
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    1. Celine: I'm dying inside...I'm dying because I'm so numb. I don't feel pain or excitement, I'm not even bitter, I'm just...
    2. Jesse: You think you're the one dyin' inside? My life... is 24/7 bad.
    – Submitted by Dean M (3 months ago)
    1. Celine: How have I changed?
    2. Jesse: You used to wear your hair down
    3. Celine: Oh you mean like that [releases her hair from her ponytail] What else?
    4. Jesse: You face is thinner...
    5. Celine: You mean I was fat? Oh my god you wrote a book about a fat french girl. [puts her head in between her hands]
    – Submitted by Ramzi K (5 months ago)
    1. Celine: Baby, you are gonna miss that plane.
    – Submitted by Pawan P (6 months ago)
    1. Celine: Even being alone, it's better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely.
    – Submitted by Pawan P (6 months ago)
    1. Jesse: Look, I am just so happy, all right, to be with you. I am. I am so glad you didn't forget about me, okay?
    2. Celine: No, I didn't. And it pisses me off, okay? You come here to Paris all romantic, and married. Okay? Screw you.
    – Submitted by Pawan P (6 months ago)
    1. Celine: Baby, you are gonna miss that plane.
    – Submitted by Justin S (11 months ago)

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