97% Before Midnight

All Critics (109) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (105) | Rotten (3)

Though "Before Midnight" is often uncomfortable to watch, it's never less than mesmerizing - and ultimately, a joy to walk with this prickly but fascinating couple again.

"Before Midnight" is heartbreaking, but not because of Jesse and Celine. It's the filmmakers' passions that seem to have cooled.

Before Midnight is fascinating to watch, and so long as Celine and Jesse are communicating, there's still hope.

How (Jesse and Celine) try to rekindle that flame is what drives Midnight, a film that feels so authentic it's like overhearing a conversation you're not sure you should be hearing.

Having created and aged into their characters, both Delpy and Hawke are superb at doing what professional actors find so difficult - not seeming to act.

Offers a remarkably intimate and provocative study of a marriage.

The movie is a great romantic story because it bravely displays the downside of love in which two people can expose each other in the most personal fashion yet still remain committed.

I think the trilogy has come to its natural conclusion: However you interpret the ending, we've spent enough time with these two people.

The dialogue is never dull or one-sided; these are intelligent, articulate people, given to debate and philosophizing.

The series has gotten gradually better as it's gone along, with the stars developing a genuine rapport that helps to eliminate any hint of self-indulgence.

The performances and dialogue are so good that it's quite possible to overlook what an elegant and fluid film Linklater has made

Hawke, Delpy and director Richard Linklater strike sparks like never before and, in the process, question everything Jesse and Celine have gone through - even the notions of fate and true love that brought them together.

If you've grown old with these characters, "Before Midnight" is an exhilarating and breathtakingly nervy experience.

A Bracing Look at the Realities if Lovve

... everyone who saw Before Sunrise in a theater has closely guarded secrets and lies barely covered beneath the surface. Before Midnight dissects the moment when, under the right conditions, those subterranean flammables combust ...

A more-than-worthy, expectations-exceeding chapter in one of modern cinema's finest love stories. As honest, convincing, funny, intimate and natural as its predecessors.

Before Midnight is as wondrous as sequels get; a warm and winning addition to a saga I'm now hoping continues in perpetuity.

A fictional, romantic version of the British "Up" series and a unique collaboration between actors and director.

Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy shine in what has to be the most genuine, brutally honest, and romantic tale of love in all of film history. Linklater has made a crowning achievement!

The problem I have...is that the actors are so comfortable in their roles, the cease to be real.

Source: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/before_midnight_2013/

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