For those dissatisfied with Before Sunrise

Rating: 10/10 (19 March 2005)

For those who were thoroughly disappointed by Before Sunrise, I have this to say: everything which did not work out then will come into place in Before Sunset as if by magic.
I didn't even know what hit me.
But it wasn't simply magic. This film is the product of the daring in a director, the maturity in the script and the honesty in the actors. If you have lived life, you would have known the anguish, the pain, the bittersweet and the what-might-have-been wistfulness that comes with romance. Stripped of melodrama, a singular curse of most Hollywood movies these days, this is about the most feeling film you can get.
Now for the magical part. The ending was so sleek and such a tease. The crowd at the cinema I was watching erupted into rapturouos chuckles when everybody found out how they've allowed themselves to be had. Spontaneity in its full glory, Richard Linklater would have been proud.