Before Sunset

Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) | Release Date: July 2, 2004

8.6	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 416 Ratings

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seancriswellApr 20, 2013

I am amazed that people have the same response to this film as they do to Before Sunrise. My experience was the polar opposite of the one I had with the first film in this series. The dialogue in Before Sunrise was fresh, romantic, and funny.I am amazed that people have the same response to this film as they do to Before Sunrise. My experience was the polar opposite of the one I had with the first film in this series. The dialogue in Before Sunrise was fresh, romantic, and funny. The characters were endearing, I cared what happened to them and I wanted them to be together. In Before Sunset the characters have become jaded. They have white people problems. Life just is not turning out how they had hoped. They have good jobs, and people who love them but it is not enough. They want the romance back in their life, for things to be new again. Where in the first film it felt like they respected each others opinion, they were free to disagree without judgement. Here it feels as though they are preaching at each other. I'm right because my experiences dictate that I'm right. Your opinions are less valuable then mine because you don't have the same worldly experiences as me. These are certainly not unusually drawn characters for 30 somethings with similar cultural backgrounds, and are probably accurate more times than not. However spending an hour and a half with no one but these two people was not the pleasure it was the first time around, and at times was insufferable.

My respect for Hawke's character lessens even further in the third act when he begins to talk about his marriage. This is not a spoiler as we are to notice his ring right away and frequently throughout the first half. It is obvious he values little of the institution he has entered into, and instead has taken the typical modern approach to his vows. Perhaps and likely all of my issues with the film are Linklater's point. Perhaps these are typical views for people their age. my problem is I spent the first film with unique people. Characters who were looking at the world differently, with compassion and understanding. I couldn't wait to spend time with those people again. Those people are gone.… Expand

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FilipeNetoOct 5, 2021

If the reader likes movies with endless dialogue, this movie is ideal. It is the sequel to the movie “Before Sunrise”, in which the aspiring American writer Jesse has a sudden and intense romance with the French Céline one night in Vienna.If the reader likes movies with endless dialogue, this movie is ideal. It is the sequel to the movie “Before Sunrise”, in which the aspiring American writer Jesse has a sudden and intense romance with the French Céline one night in Vienna. The action of the film takes place nine years after that memorable night, and shows the reunion of the two: both are married to other people and live their lives, he wrote a book in which he recounts the meeting of the two under other names and acquired the fame he was looking for.

The film was filmed in real time, that is, the time the characters talk is the exact length of the film. It's a conversation full of confessions and personal data interspersed with unimportant things, which seem a bit improvised by the actors. For me, the film was not particularly interesting because of its dialogues. I think it would have worked better as a play than a movie.

The film features Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, back to the characters they already know. Both are good, do interesting work, and are well mentored by Richard Linklater. In addition to the endless dialogue between the two characters, the film has a good cinematography, in which the filming in motion does not shake or shake, with the camera moving with a pleasant smoothness. The film, in fact, is a short walk through Paris, with everything that the city of light has to be noted: its streets, its pleasant cafés, a beautiful walk along the Seine.… Expand

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