Brilliant Film!

Rating: Null/10 (9 July 2004)

Richard Linklater has done it again with this absolutely brilliant film and sequel to 'Before Sunrise'. Set 10 years later, the two meet again in Paris and walk through the streets talking about life, love, and their missed connection. Linklater captures a genuine connection between two people with so much attention to detail and naturalness that you feel like you could be two steps ahead of them, listening in on their conversation. Without pretention or cliché, Linklater uses the romantic backdrop of Paris as a character in the movie, allowing the audience to take in the scenery and get to know it without clobbering us over the head with it's overwhelming 'romance'. Actors Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke both give unforgettable performances and their chemistry, even without fulfilling the expectation of physical intimacy, creates one of the most intimate, moving portraits of real life captured on screen. The dialogue is riveting and extremely realistic, something so rarely attempted in film.