more depressing than the first!!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (6 February 2006)

in this sequel to before sunrise Richard Linklater once again takes a masterful albeit bittersweet tone to film dialogue and walks away once again reminding us of Shakespeare's line about life being but "sound and fury, signifying nothing" this time around however he takes the anything can happen attitude of the first sequel and smothers it under an attitude of "but most things are improbable". The continuing story of two strangers who can and should be but simply aren't also reminds us of the short story by Haraku Murakami "On Seeing The 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning" The sadness of the fleeting moments and how even as we grasp at the here and now it still manages to slip through are fingers, seems to be what Linklater as down to perfection and the everyone should see this film and it's sad predecessor before they die. The seen where Julie Delpy almost reaches for Ethan Hawke is absolutely perfect in it's quiet sadness.
10 out of 10