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Before Sunset Reviews

2004

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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 .. Read more

Starring	Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Director	Richard Linklater
Genres	Drama, Romance

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  Brief re-encounter
  
  In 1995 a young American named Jesse(Ethan Hawke) was travelling through Europe when he noticed an attractive French girl on the same train. Summoning up the ... read more »
  
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  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 20 Nov 2004 at 17:37
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  - 1
  before sunset
  
  what a waste of money too much talking no action, i can watch paint dry with more interest. This is the most boring film I have ever watched. can I have my ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 14 Apr 2012 at 21:24
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  For the sentimental among us
  
  A very sentimental but heart warming film. Great script with lots of insightful comments. Watch how long stretches of the film are without cuts. Loved it.
  
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- 1096424
- - a customer
  - 25 Feb 2012 at 17:43
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  Essential viewing for all romantic Gen X-ers...and anyone who saw the original
  
  You should have seen the original before seeing this for it to really work...ideally perhaps a week or month apart.
  
  The original is all about the ... read more »
  
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- 1090519
- - Copey007
  - 33 reviews
  - Wolverhampton
  - 09 Feb 2012 at 18:15
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  - 0
  Romance in europe
  
  A Beautiful love story of a american man who meets a frence woman on a train in europe they get talking and hit it of straight away.
  
  the story starts... read more »
  
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- - judgementday
  - 1 review
  - LONDON
  - 05 Jan 2012 at 20:59
- - 4
  - 0
  simple beauty
  
  If you haven't seen it, watch 'Before Sunrise' first.
  
  I was worried it wouldn't live up to the original offering, but was pleasantly ... read more »
  
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- 1073365
- - Marlastar
  - 15 reviews
  - 14 Dec 2011 at 14:32
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  sweet film
  
  Really sweet film,the characters have a good connection. Eithen thought its just them talking throughout the film it didnt get boring. I didnt like the way it ... read more »
  
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- - kelly2006
  - 3 reviews
  - 22 Nov 2011 at 19:10
- - 1
  - 4
  Hummmm ho
  
  Mawkish, sentimental, selfconscious tripe.... innit
  
  liked the cinematography, wondered how any couple could talk for so long without a break.
  
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- 1064348
- - a customer
  - 18 Nov 2011 at 21:36
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  Touching and beautifully written and acted
  
  I haven’t seen Before Sunrise so I didn’t have any preconceptions about this film. I thought it was touching and beautifully written and acted. It&#... read more »
  
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- - FilmBuff192
  - 1 review
  - 15 Nov 2011 at 09:33
- - 1
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  The most real film I've seen in a long time
  
  Everything about this film just felt so right.
  
  I confess I didn't always like everything about the characters, but that possibly added to the ... read more »
  
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- 1060254
- - speedyacire
  - 5 reviews
  - Rochester
  - 08 Nov 2011 at 20:15
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  A masterpiece
  
  Having been left always wondering about the future for Jessie and Celine, I was so excited when I heard about Before Sunset. This film does not disappoint! ... read more »
  
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  - 13 Aug 2011 at 14:33
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- - 105
  - 23
  Brief re-encounter
  
  In 1995 a young American named Jesse(Ethan Hawke) was travelling through Europe when he noticed an attractive French girl on the same train. Summoning up the ... read more »
  
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- 54434
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 20 Nov 2004 at 17:37
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  - 12
  Excellent plot
  
  It's always nice to watch something very different derived from a story line that even an amatuer can think up. But the twist and turns in the story coupled... read more »
  
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- - CIN4D
  - Hertfordshire
  - 25 Feb 2005 at 14:51
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  - 6
  Simply outstanding
  
  The sequel to Before Sunrise set ten years later is even better. I won't say too much about the plot but a lot of the dialogue is a natural development of ... read more »
  
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  - McClennan
  - 424 reviews
  - St Helens
  - 14 Mar 2005 at 11:27
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  Immature, underdeveloped, and boring as hell
  
  If I can sum it up in a sentence: I wanted to jump off my balcony. Here is what I project the next installment looks like: Ethan Hawke sleeps with Julie Delpy ... read more »
  
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  - Manchester, UK
  - 18 Jan 2006 at 22:09
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  My husband liked it too!
  
  I dragged my husband to see this movie. It seemed to him like it was going to be a "chick flick" but it is anything but that. He enjoyed it and even... read more »
  
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- - royandrobin
  - Oxfordshire
  - 13 Aug 2004 at 10:22
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  - 3
  Reigniting the flames of passion
  
  Entoxicating. The hope of reigniting the flickering flames of passion runs as an undercurrent to this film.
  
  You forget that you are just a spectator ... read more »
  
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- - geocat
  - Scotland
  - 10 Sep 2004 at 10:49
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  - 3
  Can't stop thinking about this couple
  
  'Before Sunrise' was fantastic and I was desperate to know what happened to this star-crossed couple. And I was not disappointed by 'Before Sunset&#... read more »
  
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- - Miri
  - Herts
  - 09 May 2005 at 18:48
- - 10
  - 2
  Better than the 1st one
  
  I thought this was actually better than the first film because the characters are more developed and the youthful idealism and worldliness of two 23 years old ... read more »
  
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- - JimmyConway
  - London
  - 14 Mar 2005 at 13:37
- - 8
  - 1
  A breath of French Air
  
  I really enjoyed this film, a real change from the run of the mill romantic flick. All based on one afternoon in Paris, and all real time filming, which may ... read more »
  
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- - AdrianWalsh
  - 226 reviews
  - Lancaster
  - 29 Sep 2005 at 13:52
- - 7
  - 0
  Before Sunset
  
  It is (at the time of writing this review) 10 years since Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke spent a summer in Vienna making Before Sunrise, one of ... read more »
  
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- 141663
- - SAI81
  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 18 Aug 2005 at 22:35

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  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 ...