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Before Sunset (2004)

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Reviews Counted:154

Fresh:145

Rotten:9

Average Rating:8.2/10

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

Rated: R

Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jul 2, 2004 Limited

Box Office: $5,563,693

Synopsis: When Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) met on a Eurail train, the connection between them was immediate and profound. The 14-hour relationship that followed, as the pair explored the... When Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) met on a Eurail train, the connection between them was immediate and profound. The 14-hour relationship that followed, as the pair explored the spontaneous and unexpected in Vienna, ended on a train platform where they swore they'd meet again six months later. Nine years have passed since that morning. On the last stop of his book tour, at the tail end of a reading in a Paris book shop, Jesse finds Celine watching from the back of the room. She lives in Paris now, he in New York. He's flying out that evening and they utilize every moment, finding their human connection no less vital, inspiring or real than it was in nine years ago in Vienna. In a stimulating and revealing journey through Paris, in real time, these two individuals explore the inner workings of their hearts and minds and rediscover their rare yet powerful love for the unexpected, the unrehearsed, and each other. Warner Independent Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment present a sequel to the acclaimed 1995 film Before Sunrise. Directed by Richard Linklater, the visionary behind such films as Dazed and Confused and Waking Life, BEFORE SUNSET tells the timeless romantic story of two questing hearts and minds whose powerful bond defies time and place. -- © Warner Independent [More]

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy

Director: Richard Linklater

Director: Richard Linklater
Screenwriter: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater
Producer: Richard Linklater, Anne Walker-McBay
Studio: Warner Independent

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  • Nine years ago, two strangers met by chance, spent a night together in Vienna, and parted before sunrise. Now, they're about to cross paths again - in Paris -- where they will get the chance we all wish we had?
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    Reviews for Before Sunset

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    [P]erfectly perfect... so charmingly simple a film, so absorbing and ambitious in its simplicity. I love, love, love this movie.

    Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
    07/02/04
    MaryAnn Johanson
    MaryAnn Johanson
    Flick Filosopher

    For a film that's all talk and no action, it's a pretty romantic love story.

    Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
    07/02/04
    Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
    Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
    TheMovieChicks.com

    There's not much on the surface, for sure, but its undertow is seductive and ferocious.

    Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
    07/02/04
    Walter Chaw
    Walter Chaw
    Film Freak Central

    Before Sunset is all talk, and audiences will be listening intently to every word of this smart romance

    Full Review Source: Washington Times | comment Comment
    07/02/04
    Christian Toto
    Christian Toto
    Washington Times

    Before Sunset is a quiet, introspective little film that reverberates with more emotion and more human realness than any CGI enhanced cinematic event could ever hope to.

    Full Review Source: IGN Movies | comment Comment
    07/02/04
    Spence D.
    Spence D.
    IGN Movies

    Romantic, real and as generous as it is vulnerable, the art of conversation has rarely been so acute, honest and revealing.

    Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    Sean Axmaker
    Sean Axmaker
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    Deft at exposing the cracks in the psychological foundations we build for ourselves as we approach middle age.

    Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    Jeffrey Chen
    Jeffrey Chen
    Window to the Movies

    The bad news is that Before Sunset is not as delirious an experience as its predecessor. The good news is that it's wonderful anyway, and in ways that tell us something about our romance with Before Sunrise.

    Full Review Source: Slate | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    David Edelstein
    David Edelstein
    Slate

    A film that in its joy, optimism and aesthetic achievement keeps faith with American cinema at its finest.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    Manohla Dargis
    Manohla Dargis
    Los Angeles Times

    The one thing I hope for after seeing “Before Sunset” is that Linklater and his stars will visit us again in eight or 10 years time

    Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    Robin Clifford
    Robin Clifford
    Reeling Reviews

    One of the most amazing aspects of "Before Sunset" is how conversation alone is made so suspenseful. If this movie were a book it would be described as a page-turner.

    Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    Laura Clifford
    Laura Clifford
    Reeling Reviews

    Though it is sometimes maddening, the movie's prodigious verbiage is also enthralling, precisely because of its casual disregard for the usual imperatives of screenwriting.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    A.O. Scott
    A.O. Scott
    New York Times
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    All told, [Linklater is] one of today's most versatile American filmmakers, and Before Sunset finds his light shining as brightly as ever.

    Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    David Sterritt
    David Sterritt
    Christian Science Monitor

    The experiences they talk about are like so many sound-bites; they haven't internalized the wisdom that the words suggest.

    Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    Arthur Lazere
    Arthur Lazere
    culturevulture.net

    Proves itself well worth the nine-year wait, and for a sequel so squarely rooted in the first film, it stands lightly on its own two feet.

    Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    Bruce Newman
    Bruce Newman
    San Jose Mercury News
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    Jesse and Celine come to life again in ways that are sad and beautiful, funny and profound.

    Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    Steven Rea
    Steven Rea
    Philadelphia Inquirer

    Hawke's ruefulness seems more than earned here (and, thus, genuine); Delpy's callow winsomeness has ripened to a ruddy sheen.

    Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    Gene Seymour
    Gene Seymour
    Newsday
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    We get completely self-absorbed discussions from a couple of frickin' actors.

    Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    Gregory Weinkauf
    Gregory Weinkauf
    New Times

    They understand the rhythms of conversations with words less to enlighten than to draw each other closer, words for flirtation and seduction, rapturously romantic

    Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    Nell Minow
    Nell Minow
    Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

    In its own small way, 'Before Sunset' is a perfect film...there is not a single scene in this film that I would want to change or alter in any way.

    Full Review Source: Critic Doctor | comment Comment
    07/01/04
    Peter Sobczynski
    Peter Sobczynski
    Critic Doctor
     
     
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