Even better than Before Sunrise - utterly captivating.

Rating: Null/10 (24 October 2004)

Time has moved on from the last time we saw Jesse and Celine, he has become a renowned writer and is in Paris for a reading of his book some years previously and she lives near the bookshop. They walk and talk about their lives and opinions. On the surface, a simple tale. But there is much much more to Linklater's sequel than at first appears.After an uneasy reintroduction to each other, the couple soon begin to unravel the complicated turns their lives have taken - did either of them turn up in Vienna for the proposed reunion? Is their still an extant spark between them? Linklater reveals all in this exquisitely played and directed film, of course it helps having Paris for a backdrop to your drama, but this would not fail to captivate even against a plain white background!
In under 90 minutes Hawke and Delpy take us on an excursion through their emotions that is sometimes funny and sometimes anguished, if a roller coaster didn't have it's ups and downs - it would just be a train!