Richard Linklater should be arrested for tormenting his audience!

Rating: 10/10 (11 January 2005)

As the movie began to fade to black ... as Celine's image dissolved away ... an angry wail went up in my living room. How could he (Director Linklater) do this, to tantalize and torment in such a rueful, and a cruel way!? Don't watch this movie without watching the prequel ("Before Sunrise"), first; you will be playing an oft confusing game of catch-up, I believe, if you do (i.e., watch these movies out of chronological order). I watched this movie three times before returning it. It is a gem of a movie, and the actors and writers should consider a third installment when the time is right ... not in any prerequisite number of years (i.e., nine for example). Here is my unsolicited vote for J. Delpy for an Academy Award for Best Actress 2004 for her work in "Before Sunset"! Her performance throughout was captivating, engaging, engrossing. Her display of anger while riding in the van was such that only a Frenchwoman can manifest and it was mesmerizing!!! If she doesn't receive at least an "Oscar" nomination, there should be an investigation into Francophobia in Hollywood. Buy the VHS/DVD!