Before Sunset
Nine years later, Jesse travels across Europe giving readings from a book he wrote about the night he spent in Vienna with Celine. After his reading in Paris, Celine finds him, and they spend part of the day together before Jesse has to again leave for a flight. They are both in relationships now, and Jesse has a son, but as their strong feelings for each other start to return, both confess a longing for more.
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- Cast:
- Ethan Hawke , Julie Delpy , Vernon Dobtcheff , Louise Lemoine Torrès , Rodolphe Pauly , Mariane Plasteig , Diabolo
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Just what I expected
It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Yeah me mate Vicki said this movie is not good but it has nice moments I guess.
Before Sunset follows Jesse and Celine 9 years after they first met as they meet up once more and hang out for the hour or so before Jesse has to catch a plane. Similar to 'Before Sunrise', this is a movie about the same two people talking. And that's it. No real plot or anything, it's just a reunion. And it still works. These characters haven't lost their flair quite yet, it's still interesting to watch them interact with one another. Once again, the acting is all pretty solid as well, with both Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy pulling off great performances. And as per usual, they play off of each other very well. And yet again, the writing is good. The characters have realistic, yet semi important, conversations that are rarely boring or uninteresting. Still, with a movie like this the pacing does suffer. There are scenes in this movie that dragged more than they should have, and they were noticeable. It was noticeable when they picked up again, and they were noticeable when they started, for no particular reason really. It's just how the movie is structured. This review has been a rehash of the one I wrote for 'Before Sunrise', although I do have one new thing to say. There's a scene towards the 1 hour mark where one of the characters has a sudden outburst and it's kind of out of place. Everything's going well and their conversations are wrapping up and suddenly one of them just gets super mad and starts ranting. While it wasn't totally out of nowhere, it noticeably changed the tone so quickly that it was hard to ignore. Overall Before Sunset is, while good, not as good as it's predecessor. Everything good about the first one is good in the second one, but tonally this sequel has some challenges. In the end I would only recommend this movie if you liked the first one. There's really nothing new here from the first one.
It's not very typical of me to be delighted the moment before I've seen a movie. Actually, I like to think properly about the movie I just saw. In this case I have to admit to myself that this movie, and the whole trilogy, has been one of the best choices I've ever made.The story is absolutely beautiful, the dialogue is brilliant and the characters are just wonderful. I love Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in their characters, I think they play them perfectly. This is not another typical love story, this is THE love story. It is contemporary, fresh and full of wonderful thoughts. The way the three movies were made, with the time periods between them, also helps to create a wonderful and believable story. This movie, and their story, will make you smile, feel, laugh and dream.Thank you to Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy (and to Richard Linklater!) for making us happy.
What a major disappointment...This film is VERY contrived, taking all the magic from the first endeavour. I watched and loved "Sunrise" a few days ago and was thus very eager for this. I wonder how most people - well, here at least... - seem to find it so good. One word occurred to me throughout the whole experience: unnecessary. Plus, there's some real painful dialogue to go through this time around, namely from Celine's character. Lame, clichéd, ill-written. The location is once again a mere postcard, but even that works less good than Vienna did.Perhaps the worst thing though: this time it was virtually impossible to feel the attraction. Null chemistry. What I saw were two actors trying to rehash their old hit. Acting the whole time. And using "right?" at the end of every 3 sentences.Now if I could just unsee this and stay with the magic of the original movie...