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Before Sunset (2004)

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Reviews Counted:8

Fresh:8

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Average Rating:7.7/10

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

Rated: 15

Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:23-07-2004

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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An intelligent, engagingly honest study of love lost and, just maybe, regained.

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07/23/04
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What is to all intents and purposes 80 minutes worth of stolen moments, turns out to be one of the most rewarding films of the year

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07/22/04
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The sequel no one needed is a surprise pleasure: witty, heartfelt, and true.

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07/20/04
Nev Pierce
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BBC
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A savvy sequel that should speak to anyone who's let that one great love slip away.

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07/07/04
Eddie Cockrell
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Variety
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Before Sunset is better, perhaps because the characters are older and wiser, perhaps because they have more to lose (or win), and perhaps because Hawke and Delpy wrote the dialogue themselves.

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07/02/04
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A film that in its joy, optimism and aesthetic achievement keeps faith with American cinema at its finest.

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07/01/04
Manohla Dargis
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Los Angeles Times
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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.

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07/01/04
A.O. Scott
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A hugely successful experiment to see if a movie can captivate an audience with a conversation between two people in real time.

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03/16/04
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