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Before Sunset

R
Movie
2004
1h 20m
English
Drama, Romance
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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8.2
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Before Sunset (2004) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
93

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Vernon Dobtcheff
Bookstore Manager
Rodolphe Pauly
Journalist #2
Diabolo
Philippe
Denis Evrard
Boat Attendant
Albert Delpy
Man at Grill
Marie Pillet
Woman in Courtyard
Directed By: Richard Linklater
Written By: Ethan Hawke (Screenplay), Richard Linklater (Screenplay), + 3 more

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fokum8 says...
9 years ago
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A great, fulfilling sequel to Before Sunrise. The ending is in the sweet spot, just inbetween "overexplanatory" and "unexplanatory". Richard Linklater faded out at the perfect time. We know that they had sex in there apartment. And we know that their relationship has been revived. It's just not handed to us on a silver platter. 8/10.
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renanwelton says...
7 years ago
This movie really worked for me as a standalone movie. I don't know if my experience watching it could be improved by watching the first one, but now I really want to see the entire trilogy. Highly recomended.
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2016moonlight says...
5 years ago
The most exciting stage of a (fictional) relationship for me personally is exactly the one encapsulated in this chapter of the trilogy. Forget the nerves and ingenuity of a new relationship, i want the angst and the high tension of a past love that didn't work out but is on the verge of a reunion. I'm obsessed with the way this pair of actors explores the different levels of chemistry, applied to each different stage of the chatacters' relationship - it's subtle, but you notice it just enough to make it feel whole and real but still more exciting and dramatic than real life, (which is what we always look for in movies, right?) without ever crossing the bridge to cringiness, which is always the big risk in romantic movies. The dialogues, as always, were an incredibly entertaining chess match to follow, but by far my favourite part is Céline's outburst of emotion in the car, just so so good. That ending has to be one of my favourite endings to a movie ever. I'm obsessed. First one was a solid 9, this one's a good 9,5. Let's see what the third instalment has got!
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hgram says...
one year ago
"You can never replace anyone, because everyone is made of such beautiful specific details."
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bladefd
9/10  4 months ago
‘Before Sunset’ is a romantic-drama sequel to ‘Before Sunrise’, released nine years earlier in 1995. I don’t recommend watching this film until you have watched Sunrise. If you have not seen ‘Before Sunrise’, SKIP the rest of this PARAGRAPH because of SPOILERS. In [spoiler]‘Before Su More
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kIllER_in_REddd
8/10  2 years ago
Let me start by saying that I was extremely disappointed with the sequel to Before Sunrise, Before Sunset. It fell far short of what I expected after viewing the first element of the trilogy.

After having a good amount of time spent watching Before Sunrise, I expected Before Sunset to be a sequel More
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