A Lot of Fuss

Rating: 3/10 (28 August 2016)

Linklater's 'Before' series is one of those perplexing cinematic enigmas where everyone seems to be hexed by some witchcraft through which they must forever push a film that's by any means completely sub-par.
Two of cinema's blandest characters attempt to wax philosophic by improv-ing on the profound thoughts you had as a teenager - the ones you had with your very first partner where ten years later you're glad Linklater wasn't there pointing a camera at you.
The film is self-gratifying at best and insufferable at worst. It can be recommended only to freshman film students who keep journals dedicated to their poetry and pinings for their first sexual encounter. Even then it should be used as a bar to aim above.