Ethan Hawke's Reprise of an Earlier Role

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 2004)

This movie is so self-circularly referential that its amazing. Ethan Hawke plays a write who has written a book about a day in his life when he met the most wonderful girl, and fell in love, and agreed to meet again, but never could. This movie reprises the previous movie, "Before Sunrise", where all the action of said book takes place in Vienna.
Ethan Hawke actually co-wrote this movie, so to a large extent the role he plays is true, in a fictional sense.
The preview for this movie is one of the best previews i've ever seen in my life. It doesn't hurt that I visited Paris for the first time in my life 5 months ago and would love to go back. The movie takes place in 80 real-time minutes of dialogue between Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Dempsy).
What would you say to the love of your life, loved and lost, if you had 80 minutes to try to restart that love affair? How would you do it? Where would you go? What would you do if you said something to offend her? How would you play it without acting too aggressive? All those questions, and more, are answered in this movie.
For anyone that has ever loved and lost,
This one is a RINGER.