Who says relationships have to last forever?

Rating: 8/10 (6 October 2007)

Where would you put Director Richard Linklater in a list of the Top 100 directors? Certainly not in the Top 50, but pretty close. His best work was Dazed and Confused, but he also did great work on Waking Life and Before Sunset, in addition to this film. He is in the same league as Pedro Almodovar and Sam Raimi.
Julie Delpy (Before Sunset, Europa Europa) was magnificent in this romantic film as someone who joins Ethan Hawke (Before Sunset, Training Day) on a 12 hour adventure in Vienna, Austria.
I am still amazed that two people who just met can talk almost non-stop for 12 hours. I would have had to take a break and watch the play. But they do it and give a beautiful picture of two people who find and discover each other like few can.
The mystical versus the cynical, it was a great exploration of the art of conversation.