
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what wil... (Full plot summary below)
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American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away?
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| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's a lovely and wistful celebration of youth, time and moments of connection -- and about the experience of living in the midst of a simple, perfect day that you know you'll remember for the rest of your life. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliBefore Sunrise speaks as much to the mind as to the heart, and much of what it says is likely to strike a responsive chord -- a rare and special accomplishment for any motion picture. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Christopher HarrisBefore Sunrise is a film that first startles you with its simplicity, then bowls you over with its complexity. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealHawke and Delpy keep the tone not only afloat but mesmerizing. So natural are their performances that it seems impossible not to believe they truly are soulmates who are locked in a doomed, all-too-short affair. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen...a bittersweet celebration of romantic frisson - the notion that our most precious moments of connection are often the fleeting ones. |
| Antagony & EcstasyTim BraytonThe combination of optimism, tragedy, and the fuzzy warmth of new love is absolutely flawless. |
| Film and FeltGabe LeibowitzLinklater hasn't just crafted a detached portrait of a unique couple: he's painting a masterful examination of human nature, of that relationship we all want, but too often sadly see slip away. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumRichard Linklater goes Hollywood (1995) -- triumphantly and with an overall intelligence, sweetness, and romantic simplicity that reminds me of wartime weepies like The Clock. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIf Linklater goes to a bit of an extreme here, it's in making both characters so intelligent and sincere, so ardent and giving, that they seem a little too good to believe. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenWatching and listening to these two is a charming experience; their conversation has the ring of veracity, and rarely does the viewer's interest stray. |