Before Sunset Reviews

Before Sunset Review
by Jerry Saravia
Who would have guessed that it would take the reunion of director Richard Linklater and actors Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy to make a truly blissful, bittersweet romantic comedy? Well, I am happy to report that "Before Sunset" is a lovely, melancholy...more

Before Sunset Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10)
PLOT: Nine years after the American guy hung out with the French girl in Vienna for the night, and seemingly fell in love with one another, the twosome meet in Paris once again, this time older, wiser and quite obviously...still hung up on each other....more

Before Sunset Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4)
What great chemistry! Again. Richard Linklater's BEFORE SUNSET, the sequel to one of last decade's best films, BEFORE SUNRISE, again pairs Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as Jesse and Celine. Once young lovers who had a one-night fling in Vienna and...more

Before Sunset Review
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5/4)
Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres and Rodolphe Pauly. Screenplay by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delphy. Directed by Richard Linklater. Rated R. Running time: Approx. 80 mins. more

Before Sunset Review
by Jonathan F. Richards
In Before Sunrise, Richard Linklater's 1994 film that introduced Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and their talky, romantic ways, Jesse meets Celine on a Eurail train bound for Paris. He sweet-talks her into getting off and spending the...more

Before Sunset Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B+)
Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) spent a magical, romantic night together in Vienna, ending with the promise to meet again in six months. Nine years later, Jesse, now a best selling author, is in Paris touting his new book. As he answers...more

Before Sunset Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10)
Susan Granger's review of "Before Sunset" (Warner Independent Pictures) Back in 1995, independent filmmaker Richard Linklater scored with "Before Sunrise," the quirky story of two strangers, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy), who meet on...more

Before Sunset Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10)
Most sequels - aside from offerings like Harry Potter and Spider-Man - don't need to be made. Films like Shrek 2 and The Chronicles of Riddick are more concerned with making money than they are making art. Yet, in the middle of the summer, where films...more

Before Sunset Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: A-)
Author Jessie Walker (Ethan Hawke, "Training Day") is giving a reading at the famous Shakespeare & Co. bookstore. As Paris is the last stop on his book tour, he admits that yes, the woman who he spent one night with in his book, was, in fact based on a...more

Before Sunset Review
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B-)
Reviewed by Harvey S. Karten Warner Independent Pictures/Castle Rock Ent Grade: B- Directed by: Richard Linklater Written by: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, story by Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Screened at:...more