A simple romance at its best...not overdone at all!

Rating: Null/10 (26 January 2007)

It's amazing how very few movies get it JUST RIGHT. This is a film which is completely dialogue driven, with not much movement at all.
Jesse(Hawke) is an American who comes to Europe for a couple of days. He comes across Celine(Delpy) on a train to Vienna. She is supposed to get off at Paris but their chance meeting leads to the formation of a natural connection and conversation begins. Listening to them talk is the only thing you have to do in order to feel their chemistry. Trust me, it's done in such a casual and realistic manner, you actually begin to relate to their characters. Jesse asks her to get down at Vienna for the short time(around 24 hours think) he will be there before he catches his flight to America, so they can spend some time together and get to know each other better. Then that's how it all starts. They walk the beautiful streets of the town and talk, listen and understand each other. Their feelings are not rushed or exaggerated. Director Linklater has done a great job with portraying the two strangers, the gradual growth of feelings for each other, and their simple yet intellectual conversations. I liked the main characters a lot. Simply because they were ordinary people. (Celine looked really pretty, even with the messy hair, hehe.) This is definitely a great romance movie. The amount of dialogue shouldn't bore you, it's the very essence of the film. =)