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OFCS Rating: 96% Fresh |
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| "[A]n experiment can be valuable without being successful." |
| Blogcritics.org |
| Alan Dale |
5/5 | "Una experiencia de vida inigualable, una historia enriquecedora, un final inolvidable y perfecto. Magistral, una obra maestra." |
| Cinenganos |
| Alex Ramirez |
| "Before Sunset is that rare sequel, delicately complicating the original, while also creating its own elegant sense of anticipation.
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| PopMatters |
| Cynthia Fuchs |
C- | "Frankly, I wanted to stand up, shout "Get a room" at the two characters, and do something more interesting... like watching paint peel." |
| EDGE Boston |
| David Foucher |
A+ | "Romantic relationships don't get filmed any better than Richard Linklater's Before Sunset." |
| Ozus' World Movie Reviews |
| Dennis Schwartz |
| "Features beguiling performances and a heart that most anyone can relate to." |
| ReelTalk Movie Reviews |
| Donald J. Levit |
3.5/4 | "One of the season's must-see efforts. All of the studio-produced, mass-marketed romances out there, take note: this is precisely what a love story should be." |
| TheMovieBoy.com |
| Dustin Putman |
4/5 | "Una película sobre la frustración de crecer, sobre la constatación de que la felicidad es un concepto extraño que se disfruta mucho más como posibilidad que como meta." |
| Uruguay Total |
| Enrique Buchichio |
B | "Jesse and Celine are perfectly likable, sympathetic people, and seeing them begin to fall in love ... is a reasonably satisfying experience." |
| EricDSnider.com |
| Eric D. Snider |
A- | "There is no way for Jesse and Celine to ever recreate their Vienna fling. The real question is whether they should bother trying." |
| Film Blather |
| Eugene Novikov |
B+ | "The apparent slightness of the picture is deceptive...it has surprising depth, and it's definitely worth a trip to the theatre to get reacquainted with Jesse and Celine." |
| One Guy's Opinion |
| Frank Swietek |
4/5 | "Before Sunset is one of the best romantic dramas of the year with a very intelligent and seductive performance by Julie Delpy." |
| Spirituality and Practice |
| Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
5/5 | "The final 25 minutes of Before Sunset, starting with excruciatingly honest admissions from both parties in a car backseat, are the best filmmaking I’ve ever seen." |
| eCinemaCenter.com |
| Gabe Leibowitz |
A- | "Before Sunset has an immediacy that makes other movies feel comatose." |
| Mixed Reviews |
| Gabriel Shanks |
3.5/4 | "Forget Spider-Man's tussle with Doc Ock. Forget Shrek's trek to Far Far Away. And forget Harry Potter's latest attempt to endure the snipes of Snape. For me, the sequel to see during the summer of 2004 is Richard Linklater's Before Sunset." |
| ReelViews |
| James Berardinelli |
4/5 | "Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise gets a sweet, sad and touching sequel after almost a decade." |
| Netflix |
| James Rocchi |
4.5/5 | "[a] charming, intelligent romance" |
| Los Angeles Alternative |
| Jay Antani |
3.5/4 | "A love story for the adult who dares to dream." |
| Palo Alto Weekly |
| Jeanne Aufmuth |
9/10 | "Deft at exposing the cracks in the psychological foundations we build for ourselves as we approach middle age." |
| Window to the Movies |
| Jeffrey Chen |
8/10 | "A great character study that I hope to see continued in another decade or so, with real conversations, true feelings and romance throughout." |
| JoBlo's Movie Emporium |
| JoBlo |
79/100 | "Enthralling and moving." |
| FilmFocus |
| Joe Utichi |
7/10 | "I'm not sure if it's the actors or their conversation that makes the film appealing, maybe both, but it works in a sweet, thought-provoking way." |
| DVDTown.com |
| John J. Puccio |
8/10 | "A rare example of a sequel that is labor of love -– not one that worships at the altar of the Almighty Dollar." |
| Planet Sick-Boy |
| Jon Popick |
3/4 | "However, between Delpy, Hawke, and Linklater, a script was born and once again the couple meets, this time in Paris, this time for far fewer hours (and in real time)." |
| Bangitout.com |
| Jordan Hiller |
3.25/5 | "Thanks to the actors' chemistry and Paris, Before Sunset has an irresistible pull." |
| Film-Forward.com |
| Kent Turner |
4/4 | "Some laughs, some tears, a wonderful song and an absolutely perfect ending." |
| Montreal Film Journal |
| Kevin N. Laforest |
A | "Somehow, improbably, Linklater has now made two of the most romantic films of the last decade, both featuring the same characters." |
| FilmStew.com |
| Larry Carroll |
A- | "One of the most amazing aspects of "Before Sunset" is how conversation alone is made so suspenseful. If this movie were a book it would be described as a page-turner." |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Laura Clifford |
3.5/4 | "Romantic sequel hangs together for 80 minutes, and not just 3 minutes at a time" |
| Movie Habit |
| Marty Mapes |
| "[P]erfectly perfect... so charmingly simple a film, so absorbing and ambitious in its simplicity. I love, love, love this movie." |
| Flick Filosopher |
| MaryAnn Johanson |
A- | "They understand the rhythms of conversations with words less to enlighten than to draw each other closer, words for flirtation and seduction, rapturously romantic" |
| Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies |
| Nell Minow |
3.5/4 | "The beauty and grace of Before Sunset is its unparalleled ability to capture the idiosyncratic rhythm and cadence of everyday dialogue." |
| Slant Magazine |
| Nick Schager |
5/5 | "O resultado é que este é, ao lado de Brilho Eterno de uma Mente Sem Lembranças, um dos melhores filmes do ano. E, também como aquele, um dos mais românticos." |
| Cinema em Cena |
| Pablo Villaca |
| "In its own small way, 'Before Sunset' is a perfect film...there is not a single scene in this film that I would want to change or alter in any way." |
| Critic Doctor |
| Peter Sobczynski |
4/5 | "This real-time reunion is entertaining, engaging and strongly emotional." |
| Shadows on the Wall |
| Rich Cline |
A+ | "Before Sunset is a flat-out masterpiece...the most beautifully realized American love story in years. [It's] easily the best film of the year." |
| TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) |
| Rick Curnutte |
5/5 | "A gemlike minimalist triumph -- deeper and more provocative than its predecessor." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Rob Gonsalves |
B | "The characters eventually manage to get beyond their existential ennui and incessant talking to something approaching romance." |
| Laramie Movie Scope |
| Robert Roten |
B+ | "The one thing I hope for after seeing “Before Sunset”
is that Linklater and his stars will visit us again in
eight or 10 years time" |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Robin Clifford |
4.5/5 | "The splendid sequel to an overlooked gem." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Scott Weinberg |
A | "Romantic, real and as generous as it is vulnerable, the art of conversation has rarely been so acute, honest and revealing." |
| Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Sean Axmaker |
| "Before Sunrise captures the exhilaration of connecting with another person; Before Sunset moves forward from there, burrowing into territory that's more complex and dangerous, but also perhaps more vital." |
| Salon.com |
| Stephanie Zacharek |
3.5/4 | "Exceptionally smart and tenderly romantic." |
| Reel.com |
| Timothy Knight |
3.5/4 | "There's not much on the surface, for sure, but its undertow is seductive and ferocious." |
| Film Freak Central |
| Walter Chaw |
B+ | Read review |
| FilmJerk.com |
| Brian Orndorf |
7/10 | Read review |
| www.susangranger.com |
| Susan Granger |
| Read review |
| In the Dark |
| Jonathan F. Richards |
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OFCS Rating: 96% Fresh |
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