Before Sunset
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Movie Reviews of Before Sunset
Movie Review: Beautifully natural love story.....
Summary: 5 Stars
I was initially hesitant when I heard about this movie, a follow-up to "Before Sunrise". After hearing such great reviews, I finally watched it. I am so happy that I did. This movie was as touching as the first, as wonderfully acted and as naturally fulfilling. It seems like such a simple idea - two people reunite years after a brief romantic encounter. But, this movie grabs you and pulls you into the emotional realm of all the feelings of "what could have been" and "what ifs" like no movie I've seen before. It puts life and love in a refreshing perspective. It's almost impossible to not be able to relate to this story on some level or another as well as (perhaps) stirring up personal uncertainties and emotions. Yet, it's so simple and so beautifully played out.
Like "Before Sunrise", this movie follows Celine and Jesse as they walk & talk. I was impressed with the realism of the characters and that the same style was followed as before. Also, it was refreshing to see that the characters had developed and matured since the last movie; each with his or her own set of problems, uncertainties and life issues. It didn't just start where it left off, yet you could feel the connectedness they shared and never really lost.
As for the ending (I won't spoil it), I've seen other comments accusing it of being vague. I thought the ending was perfect and its ambiguity was the best route Linklater could've taken. There was a feeling of "are they or aren't they" throughout the movie (in regards to rekindling their love, ending up together, etc.) and I felt that the ending fit just right for that scenario.
If you enjoyed "Before Sunrise", you will love this movie. It's touching, smart, funny and thought-provoking.
Movie Review: Evolution over time--9 years later vs. Now
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie and the prequel, Before Sunrise, must truly be enjoyed together. When I saw the first movie as a high-schooler nine years ago, I was amazed at the concept of a truly profound connection developed in a short time with a stranger. It hit me so hard because I had had a similar experience: meeting someone for a night and talking about everything in my little, young life all night long. Unfortunately, it was not in an exciting city such as Vienna, Austria, but in a Denny's in small-town Oregon.
Now, viewing the sequel as a citizen of the world 9 years later, I have learned so many of the same lessons that the characters have learned. I see so much of myself in their conversations and appreciate the gravity of re-connecting with someone from your past. This movie ties together two very different points of time, and more importantly, two very different points of these people's lives. As time moves forward, the best part of being in relationships, whether romantic, familial or friendships, is to see people grow. Seeing these two characters and their growth over the 9 years is like seeing myself and my friends grow as well. I appreciate the lessons they have learned and feel more connected with the world b/c I have shared so many of the same lessons.
This movie and its prequel appeal to me because I feel like like I personally relate to the characters. I recommend watching the first and second movies together (if you haven't seen the first) and reflecting on your own views and choices nine years ago versus the present. However, if conversation and reflection bore you, I recommend you don't watch either and rent a mind-numbing action flick.
Movie Review: Fans of the original will love this one...
Summary: 5 Stars
It's been nine years since Richard Linklater's thoughtful and touching romance, Before Sunrise graced screens. Since then fans of the movie have wondered and ruminated about what happened to the two main characters. Did they meet up as promised or go their separate ways forever? Linklater and his two leads, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, have decided to revisit these characters and try to recreate the magic of this first film, so cherished by its admirers.
The good news for fans of Before Sunrise is that Linklater, Hawke and Delpy are able to recreate the chemistry that their two characters had in the first movie. As soon as they start talking, it comes back almost immediately, as if they never stopped talking since that last time. Like the first film, Before Sunset (2004) is a dialogue-driven movie, effortlessly picking up where the other left off.
"On the Set of Before Sunset" featurette has Linklater talking about how he kept imagining and thinking about these characters over the years. Hawke and Delpy brought a lot of their own ideas and stories to the film. This was clearly a labour of love for all three as they figured that it would only appeal to the small following who intensely loved the first movie.
With sequels there is always the trepidation of whether or not the magic of the first film can be recreated. It is safe to say that Linklater and co. have done it. Fans of the first movie will no doubt fall in love with these characters all over again as they talk and rekindle their friendship. During the course of the movie you can sense that Jesse and Celine don't want their brief time to end and neither do we.
Movie Review: A fantastic follow-up to 'Before Sunrise'!
Summary: 5 Stars
Having a nine-year gap between movies usually doesn't work out well for their makers, or the audience.... 'Before Sunset' is one very notable exception. We rejoin Jesse and Celine this time in Paris for a look at "what might've been" nine years after their blazing day/night in Vienna. The movie is one long dialogue-filled catching up session walking through the streets of Paris, in a bookstore, a cafe, on a boat and finally in her apartment. The interaction between them is filled with deep philosophical reflections on love, death, life, unhappiness and just about everything important in between.
The theme here shows that the writer/director has more than a passing fancy with 'Ulysses' by James Joyce. In fact, in the first movie, their meeting takes place on 'Bloomsday' June 16th which is the day chronicled in Joyce's massive novel. In the second movie, 'Shakespeare and Company' bookstore where 'Ulysses' was first published features prominently in the story because Jesse is talking about his own book which it just so happens chronicles a single important day in his life.... This little art imitating life and then reimitating art is a clever touch.
The acting by both Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy is intelligent, intense and most of all incredibly real! You feel like you know these characters as friends by the end of 'Before Sunset.' The ending is wisely kept open to the viewer's own interpretation of events. While seeing 'Before Sunrise' is not necessary to enjoy this movie, I would still recommend doing so first. For anybody out there who has had a one-night-stand and later on wondered "What if?" this movie is food for the heart and soul....
Movie Review: What Romance is all About
Summary: 5 Stars
Romantic movies these days tend to be cliched, unrealistic. They are filled with characters you do not believe in facing situations that would never happen in a million years. That's why it's so refreshing to see such a sweet, touching, realistic and simple movie like Before Sunset.
Following its first installment, Before Sunrise, Sunset picks up 10 years lafter that movie ended. These two characters, who had promised to meet each other at the end of Sunrise, never did actually follow through with their plans. Now Hawke has become a writer and is touring France. And Delpy just happens to go to one of his singings.
Love is still in the air and the characters decide to spend whatever's left of the day together (Hawke is schedule to return to America that very evening). As in Sunrise, they talk aobut nothing and everything; their dreams, regrets, their new lives... It seems that, although both of them have trudged along through the years, their lives have been incomplete without the other. Set in real time, we get to see the denouement of all those years of build-up sadness finally come to the surface.
The film offers a surprise ending that is actually quite fitting for this film. Hawke and Delpy deliver the strongest performances of their careers; they look at ease and comfortable playing these characters. You just end up believing that they ARE these characters.
Linklater knows how to develop characters and plot, and Before Sunset just comes to show the kind of magician that he is; there isn't a dull moment in Before Sunset. The whole movie just gets to you in the best of ways.