Before Sunrise Reviews

Before Sunrise Review
by Steve Rhodes
BEFORE SUNRISE is a romantic talkfest. It celebrates the joy of conversation between two people who have just met and who are rapidly becoming enraptured with each other's conversation and presence. more

Before Sunrise Review
by jules n. binoculas
When Irish author James Joyce (1882-1941) chose to immortalize his first meeting with his wife Nora, he wrote ULYSSES, a dictionary-sized comic parody of Homer's ancient epic ODYSSEY--compressing the account of the 20-year wanderings of Odysseus...more

Before Sunrise Review
by Scott Renshaw
Slacker. Generation X. Twenty-something. There, now that I have dutifully trotted out all the terms that are *supposed* to apply to BEFORE SUNRISE, perhaps we can talk about what it really is. That is increasingly difficult to do with...more

Before Sunrise Review
by Scott Tobias
There's a key line of dialogue about halfway through Richard Linklater's bittersweet romance, BEFORE SUNRISE, where Julie Delpy explains that the only real magic in the world exists in the space between two people. Much of the spaces in the film...more

Before Sunrise Review
by berardinelli,james
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy Director: Richard Linklater Producer: Anne Walker-McBay Screenplay: Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan Cinematography: Lee Daniel Music: various Released by Columbia Pictures more

Before Sunrise Review
by ben DOT hoffman AT bcsbbs DOT com (Ben Hoffman)
Put aside reality and put on a cloak of romantic make believe. Pretend that everything that happens in the film could really occur and then sit back and look at Jesse (Ethan Hawkes), the handsome American traveling on Eurail. Nor will you have any...more

Before Sunrise Review
by Eric Vormelker
I have to say that, right off the top, I have loved all of Linklater's movies so far. Maybe it's because I find his characters speaking with my own words in situations that I remember, or maybe it's because he is my own age, and lives here in...more