- Release Date: 2004
- Runtime: 80 min
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres ... see all
- Director: Richard Linklater
- Plot: It's nine years after Jesse and Celine first met; now, they encounter one another on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
User Reviews
And you're left still wanting more
Feb 20, 2008
gaypenhallow - yahoo.com
Feb 20, 2008gaypenhallow - yahoo.com
I was thrilled to know a sequel was being produced for "Before Sunrise". "Before Sunset" did not disappoint. Not only was the dialogue exceptional, but it had a different feeling from the first film. Instead of the light, nothing-at-stake feeling the... Full review
worst movie
Nov 20, 2007
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Nov 20, 2007rozette - yahoo.com
The worst movie my husband and I ever saw. We walked out of it after 30 minutes. Don't go to this movie unless you like long phone calls with no ending and wish you can hang up.... Full review
Terrible movie. So boring! Totally wasting time!
Nov 20, 2007
subvern - yahoo.com
Nov 20, 2007subvern - yahoo.com
This movie is so boring. Picking some cool places in Paris doesn't make any romance. This movie sucks. The scripts suck. You will see two people chatting in the whole movie. Blah..blah..blah.. boring..... Full review
Really Bad!
Nov 20, 2007
helgo - yahoo.com
Nov 20, 2007helgo - yahoo.com
This is about the saddest excuse for a movie I have ever seen. My wife and I both felt very ripped off. We wanted to walk out several times but we stayed thinking that something would happen sooner or later. The... Full review
Where did all these "A"s come from?!
Nov 07, 2007
lost9802 - yahoo.com
Nov 07, 2007lost9802 - yahoo.com
I just had to double check these reviews because I'm fourty minutes into this movie and I'm bored out of my mind! I'm still waiting for something to happen besides the two of them talking but... I mean who would want... Full review
The one that got away..
Jul 24, 2007
pk19652001 - yahoo.com
Jul 24, 2007pk19652001 - yahoo.com
Loved Before Sunrise, and wasn't disapointed by the sequal. Only thing that weighs down on me is the fact that this is a darker, less hopefull movie than the first. But than again, anything except what you see in this movie... Full review
Wonderfully scripted, one of best ever
Jul 15, 2007
luigidk - yahoo.com
Jul 15, 2007luigidk - yahoo.com
Rarely does a script unfold so beautifully, delicately and timely. A pleasure to watch from beginning to end. Movies of any type just don't get much better. Romantic character movies - this is just the best. Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke... Full review
best romance
Jul 14, 2007
miyobobo - yahoo.com
Jul 14, 2007miyobobo - yahoo.com
it is not the regular romantic movie. show a connection between 2 people. i normally don't really like romantic movies. It really never gets boring... Full review
If you take a lot of dialogue with your movie...
May 29, 2007
tastesliike - yahoo.com
May 29, 2007tastesliike - yahoo.com
then this is the film for you. Revisiting these characters 9 years later, older, smarter but not necessarily wiser, was such a delight for me you can't even imagine. The writing is spectacualar. The acting is almost invisible. Ethan Hawke and... Full review
Cure for insomnia
May 18, 2007
kz1g - yahoo.com
May 18, 2007kz1g - yahoo.com
What an awful movie. I bailed out after about 20 minutes because the stilted dialogue (and phony French accent) centered on two boring people who had little new to say. Who cares? Watch this movie if you have trouble falling asleep.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jan 24, 2009Colorado Springs Independent
There's a lovely simplicity to this story and some great whimsical dialogue.
Or better yet, maybe Hawke will have learned to shave.
Delpy, for her part, is delightfully uneven.
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| Sep 01, 2008Urban Cinefile
Shot in real time and unrestricted by the boundaries of plot and structure, Linklater's concept is simple, yet so effective as we essentially become part of Jesse and Celine's conversation.
Hawke and Delpy are inspiring in superb naturalistic performances, and there's an especially poignant moment when Delpy sings the song she has written ('A little waltz about a One Night Stand).
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| May 04, 2008Film School Rejects
This starts a series of long, drawn out scenes of conversations filled with wonderful dialogue, reminiscent to those found in Richard Linklaters Before Sunrise and Before Sunset .
The acting here is top-notch.
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| Sep 20, 2007The Capital Times
Their long, funny conversations are reminiscent of Delpy and Hawke in the Richard Linklater films....those qualities extend to her filmmaking as well.....Delpy proves to have a deft hand with comedy, satirizing her home city....If "Before Sunset" gave us Paris in all its Bohemian romance, Delpy almost gleefully shows us the dingy, crabby flip side of the city here..... ... Full Review
| Aug 09, 2007Entertainment Weekly
The movie is funny about Paris.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: The plot of 2 Days in Paris - a French woman and an American guy in Paris - bears some resemblance to Before Sunset , but I heard that you wrote 2 Days in Paris first.
I like acting
... Full Review
News
Oscar, meet Austin
austin360.com –
2009-02-17
Austin's enjoyed a modest share of Oscar admiration in the past. Springing to memory are nominations for Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy's "Before Sunset" screenplay in 2005, Michael Corenblith's art direction and set decoration for "How the Grinch... ... Full Article
You Must Be This Happy to Enter
popmatters.com –
2008-03-05
Zombies, time travelers, reality TV contestants and even a few normalish folks populate the pages of Elizabeth Crane's quirky, charming new collection. Though none of the 16 stories are connected, all of Crane's characters are seeking to adjust to something,... ... Full Article
The Olly Girls -- Before Sunset
tmz.com –
2007-09-19
A verbal game of one-upmanship that occasionally gets physical, but with an undertone of constantly smoldering sexuality.
rottentomatoes.com –
2007-07-22
The history of cinema has given us some memorable films that are essentially protracted conversations between individuals. What comes to mind immediately are 1981's "My Dinner With Andre", and the glorious tandem of "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset", starring Ethan... ... Full Article
Before Sunset
moviemaker.com –
2007-07-01
Before Sunset
associatedcontent.com –
2006-11-04
The Sequel to Before SunriseCeline and Jesse first met on a European train and spontaneously decided to spend Jesse's final hours in Europe walking the streets of Vienna in Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise. ... Full Article

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