The Best Movie of the Year So Far **** out of ****

Rating: 10/10 (27 July 2004)

Richard Linklater's Before Sunset is the long awaited sequel to Before Sunrise and is also the best film of the year so far. The dialog just like every Linklater film is absolutely flawless and the performances are too. This is one of the most unconventional love stories ever made even though it uses a few key elements. This film is even better than its predecessor because the characters are more developed and more life like this time around. After this film is over it leaves you with a warm feeling in your stomach that's saying everything will be alright. The story is simple its two people a man (Ethan Hawk) and a women (Julie Delpy) who had fallen in love over one night nine years ago but agree to go there separate ways and meet exactly six months later but neither do and they meet by chance a second time and go over the night in there memories and talk about new issues and thoughts. This is one of the most amazing films I've ever seen and a movie will have to be pretty perfect to beat it out of the top spot this year.