
Early thirty-something American Jesse Wallace is in a Paris bookstore, the last stop on a tour to promote his best selling book, This Time. Although he is vague to reporters about the source material for the book, it is about his chance encounter nine years earlier on June 15-16, 1994 with a Parisienne named Celine, and the memorable and romantic day and evening they spent together in Vienna. At the end of their encounter at the Vienna train station, which is also how the boo... (Full plot summary below)
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Early thirty-something American Jesse Wallace is in a Paris bookstore, the last stop on a tour to promote his best selling book, This Time. Although he is vague to reporters about the source material for the book, it is about his chance encounter nine years earlier on June 15-16, 1994 with a Parisienne named Celine, and the memorable and romantic day and evening they spent together in Vienna. At the end of their encounter at the Vienna train station, which is also how the book ends, they, not providing contact information to the other, vowed to meet each other again in exactly six months at that very spot. As the media scrum at the bookstore nears its conclusion, Jesse spots Celine in the crowd, she who only found out about the book when she earlier saw his photograph promoting this public appearance. Much like their previous encounter, Jesse and Celine, who is now an environmental activist, decide to spend time together until he is supposed to catch his flight back to New York, this time only being about an hour. Beyond the issue of the six month meeting, what has happened in their lives in the intervening nine years, and their current lives, they once again talk about their philosophies of life and love, this time with the knowledge of their day together and how it shaped what has happened to them.
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| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezAlthough it is technically a sequel, Before Sunset stands perfectly well on its own. In fact, the new movie plays better if you haven't seen the original for a while, so its details have grown appropriately fuzzy. |
| Toronto StarGeoff PevereAllows you to watch two deeply engaged and engaging performers moving verbally through delicately negotiated layers of delight, apprehension, desire and surrender. |
| Kansas City StarRobert W. ButlerYou don't need to have seen Before Sunrise to appreciate Before Sunset, but as a one-two cinematic punch on the subjects of love and aging these films have few equals. |
| Detroit Free PressTerry LawsonFor all its modesty, lingers in the mind like an unresolved relationship or a life-altering, if random, moment. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerRomantic, real and as generous as it is vulnerable, the art of conversation has rarely been so acute, honest and revealing. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaIt's great to see an American filmmaker - and a successful one at that - willing to simply train his cameras on the actors and let them, and their characters, come to life. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittAll told, he's (Linklater) one of today's most versatile American filmmakers, and Before Sunset finds his light shining as brightly as ever. |
| L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasWhat ultimately makes Before Sunset so special (and maybe the most resonant, least self-conscious great movie romance of its era) is its deep-rooted honesty -- the way it takes the bitter with the sweet and somehow leaves us feeling elated. |
| Worcester Telegram & GazetteDaniel M. KimmelWhile it's not necessary to see Before Sunrise again, it's essential that you have seen it. [Get] the original, and then go see one of the best movies of the year... |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe new film, which unfolds in real time over the course of 80 minutes, is a deeper, darker, altogether more memorable experience. It doesn't extend the characters so much as fulfill them. |