Before Midnight (2013)
It has been nine years since we last met Jesse and Celine, the French-American couple who once met on a train in Vienna. They now live in Paris with twin daughters but have spent a summer in Greece at the invitation of an author colleague of Jesse's. When the vacation is over and Jesse must send his teenage son off to the States, he begins to question his life decisions, and his relationship with Celine is at risk.
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It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
best movie i've ever seen.
It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Worst movie ever. AVOID AT ALL COST! This is the most boring movie ever made.
I, personally, am from Greece, so I was curious to see how they would introduce Greek people and our culture. I have to say I am very happy with the result. Even though it's the third movie, they managed to keep it interesting, with smart dialogues still not missing from the script. It was really fascinating how they inserted Greek habits and parts of everyday life, without it seeming forced or unnecessary. I really liked how they presented the different ideas of love in each movie. "Before Sunrise" showing us young, innocent love, "Before Sunset" displaying the difficulties you face as an adult being confused about what you really want for your love life, and finally "Before Midnight". In this film they successfully introduce to the viewer the phase in two people's lives, where they have settled down and try to deal with some of the problems a married couple with kids could encounter. The lead actors had great on-screen chemistry once again, achieving to realistically present us these situations. Overall, I believe that it's a smart, entertaining movie with so much to offer. I truly recommend it.
Linklater has to be a top director of all time for dialogue. The fight at the end was so visceral and intense. You keep seeing signs of resolve but they continually resort back to fighting. It felt so painfully real and I bet any older couple that's been together longer than 4 or 5 years could relate to most of it. Additionally, all the conversation topics throughout the film are riveting and have you reflecting on the movie to give some of the topics a second thought. Just like the other two films. Originally I wasn't too happy with the addition of semi-prominent characters other than Jesse and Celine but after a couple of watches, I've grown to enjoy their role. They shed a nice contrasting light on other relationships and stages of relationships.Warning: I watched these movies with my girlfriend and they had us over-examining our own relationship.
I actually managed to watch this, but after, I felt that I had wasted a piece of my life. Nothing happens in the entire film. It is just a bunch of people jabbering away. There is an absolutely interminable section which is merely a conversation taking place between two adults in the front of a car, while two young girls sleep in the back. It goes on and on and on and on ... much like this review. It's impossible for me to imagine who this movie is for. I got it for my wife because she understands emotions and people and so on whereas I mainly understand science and engineering and rockets and stuff. But my wife had a hard time with it as well. I can definitively say, if you're a man, this movie is not for you, unless you also want to waste a piece of your life. For masochists only.