Love story for romantic adults -- a treat

Rating: 9/10 (3 October 2005)

After reading poor/mixed reviews in 2004, I put off watching this sequel. What a waste..It's a great movie for romantics, especially those who believe in the endurance of old feelings regardless of how the romance ended.
Unlike other viewers I found no mystery to the ending -- they do get together.
Jesse's inability to leave her when he finds her again, and his positive response to her last question in which he states helplessly that he will miss the plane is a clear indicator that despite the complexity of their current lives (breakup and divorce with their current mates), they are together this time. It's also implied by their mutual revelation of how unsatisfied each is in their current relationships. Jesse cannot love his wife as she expects it and Julie has suppressed her romantic feelings so much that she is satisfied with an intermittent long-distance relationship. Neither mate stands a chance to Julie dancing to Nina Simone as she seduces Jesse to stay.
His acknowledgment that he will miss his plane is delivered with a smile that reminds me of certain scenes in two early Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward films (Paris Blues but especially The Long Hot Summer) in which Paul simply cannot stop grinning at his real love Joanne when they are flirting because he is so nuts about her.
This movie was a treat...