Before Sunset | 
| Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres, Rodolphe Pauly
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  214 reviews
Sales Rank: 2925
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Genre: 0
Rating: R (Restricted)
ESRB: Teen
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 80 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D38962D
ISBN: 0790795515
UPC: 085393896225
EAN: 9780790795515
ASIN: B0002YLC24
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: November 9, 2004
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In 1994, director Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, Waking Life) made Before Sunrise, a gorgeous poem of a movie about two strangers (played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy) wandering around Vienna, talking, and falling in love. Ten years later, Linklater, Hawke, and Delpy have returned with Before Sunset, which reunites the same characters after Hawke has written a book about that night. Delpy appears at the final book reading of his European tour; they have less than two hours before Hawke has to catch a flight to New York...and in that time, they walk around Paris, talk, and fall in love all over again. It sounds simple, perhaps dull, but it's written with such skill and care and acted with such richness that it's a miracle of filmmaking. On its own, Before Sunset is moving and wonderful; seen right after Before Sunrise, it will break your heart. --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
NINE YEARS AGO, TWO STRANGERS MET BY CHANCE, SPENT A NIGHT TOGETHER IN VIENNA, & PARTED BEFORE SUNRISE. NOW THEY CROSS PATHS AGAIN - IN PARIS - WHERE THEY WILL GET THE CHANCE WE ALL WISH WE HAD.
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 Only one major beef for a great film ... July 2, 2009
David L. Anderson (Fredericksburg, VA USA)
Ok, I finally had to weigh in on Before Sunset. Along with Before Sunrise, it is an outstanding film and probably the stronger of the two for the genuine honesty that is expressed throughout. You really can believe that two people would actually talk and feel the way these characters do.
Here's my only beef with the story... I had a tough time swallowing Celine's excuse for making no attempt to contact Jesse at the train station where they were supposed to have met after the first film. Sure, I know her grandmother died and they didn't have each other's phone numbers, etc., but isn't this the same grandmother Celine described in the first film as having lost the love of her life and accepting her "fate".
I can't believe that her parents, assuming she confided in them, wouldn't have helped her work something out to see Jesse and maybe even have him come along to Budapest with her late to the funeral. At the very least she could have called the train station and paid a messenger of some sort to look for him and get a message to him. She appeared the most eager, until Jesse's short speech at the end of the first film, to actually connect again. If they were as in love as they appeared to be, which the second film confirms, I can't imagine Celine not doing everything she could to try and make contact with him. If not in person, at least with a message. My wife even commented that she would have made the effort to find me given similar circumstances.
Yes, yes, I know it's just a movie and they had to come up with some type of situation to explain why there was no connection on that day nine years ago. I probably could have bought it more if Celine had tried to get a message to him at the station and the messenger was unable to get it to him or missed him somehow. That would have added some great dialogue to the script and given Jesse at least the knowledge that she had tried, as he had. It still would have been tragic, but would have made better sense with how in love they had been.
Other than that this is a great film. It's just that when a movie comes across as so realistic and honest, the one major detail on which the whole story hinges could have been made more believable without taking anything away from the rest of the story just as it is.
Should they do another movie with a messy, but happy ending? Of course they should.
If I had my way they would end the next movie arm in arm, looking at each other smiling, walking down a Parisian street at sunset with the James Taylor version of "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" playing in the background as the shot freezes and the credits roll.
I know, I know, a bit "hokey", but hey... without the romantics of this world it would be a dark and dreary place indeed.
A Story So Many of Us Know and Appreciate April 29, 2009
Neil L. Siegel (Virginia City, Nevada)
This is an enchanting story of two people separated by time and a continent, who essentially don't give up hope. Upon reintroducion they each talk about the circumstances that have transpired during the absence and slowly the story unfolds to one of promise fulfilled. A must for those enchanted and faithful to a dream.
Better than the original March 2, 2009
I was forced to see Before Sunrise on DVD by my best friend who adored the movie. Although it has many fans, there was just something about it that seemed too unrealistic and I just couldn't relate. Years later on a girls night out, my friends voted to see the sequel in the theatre. I was simply amazed at how much I loved this movie! The dialogue between the two was so realistic and interesting. I loved seeing the changes in the two charachters. The still lovely Julie Delply charachter had grown cynical with age. There's a sense of tragedy in Jesse's charachter. You can see how much he still pines for Celine and has always thought of the night they shared in Vienna and the what-if's have plagued him for years. Something tells me Jesse makes his flight at the end, but not of his own choice. I'd love to see another sequel to see what happens next!
3.5 stars out of 4 February 1, 2009
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
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The Bottom Line:
Before Sunset does what sequels should do but often don't: it stays true to the nature of the original while also taking the story to a new place; sadder and more pessimistic than the original, Sunset skillfully and emotionally continues the story of Jesse and Celine and ends just about perfectly.
 Hold's the same magic 10 years later January 31, 2009
Holly Patricks (Sioux City, IA USA)
I was a HUGE "Before Sunrise" fan since the movie came out and so I really didn't want to see this because I was worried that it was going to ruin the ambiance of the 'series', but being a true fan I watched & loved it! It picks up where you would expect they left off. Also I was watching the documentary and Ethan Hawke said that himself, Delpy & Linklater is going to try to make another sequel in another 10 years and I sincerly hope they do!
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