Reviews for this film from our members:
- Marco Albanese @ Stanze di Cinema [Italian]
- Excerpt: Before Midnight ricomincia in un aeroporto greco. Sono passati altri nove anni, ma bastano pochi minuti per ritrovare la magia di quell’incontro lontano
- Dragan Antulov @ Draxblog VI [Croatian]
- Jason Bailey @ The Atlantic
- Excerpt: A character says that Jesse’s third novel is “a better book—it’s so much more ambitious,” and that holds for the films as well, because the first two films are about possibility, and the third is about reality.
- Chris Barsanti @ Film Racket
- [New – 2/6/14] | Luke Bonanno @ DVDizzy.com
- Excerpt: I can think of no piece of narrative filmmaking that compares to this unusual and unusually rewarding franchise.
- Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: American cinema has only rarely produced a pair of entangled lovers as flawlessly lived-in and carefully observed.
- Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
- Daniel Carlson @ Pajiba
- Samuel Castro @ Ochoymedio.info [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Nos volvemos a encontrar con Jesse y Celine, 18 años después (toda una vida) de la primera vez
- Jesse Cataldo @ Slant Magazine
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: The ‘walking and talking’ aesthetic of the first two films has settled down a bit here, now more sedentary with age and, ironically, it’s when we first follow the two walking again that the film hits a snag.
- Edwin Davies @ A Mighty Fine Blog
- Excerpt: It’s not exactly heavy on continuity, and most of the back story is covered over the course of the film, but it feels very much like a final chapter, rather than a story that functions perfectly on its own. However, it works wonderfully as a conclusion.
- Carlos del Río @ El rincón de Carlos del Río [Spanish]
- Excerpt: ¿El resultado? Pues tan maravilloso como los dos anteriores.
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: If [these characters are] less honest with each other, the film is, in turn, more honest about them.
- Candice Frederick @ Reel Talk
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Awesome, authentic examination of a constantly evolving romantic relationship…
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: Marvelous. It’s impossible to shake the feeling that we are merely eavesdropping on reality. Witty, wise, and truly romantic.
- Oktay Ege Kozak @ Oregon Herald
- Benjamin Kramer @ The Voracious Filmgoer
- Excerpt: It feels honest and real because Linklater is so humane a filmmaker and his actors so flawlessly genuine.
- Donald Levit @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
- Carson Lund @ In Review Online
- Excerpt: In finding the two crossed souls in the thick of a committed union, Before Midnight is the closest the series has come to providing some kind of shaky definition of love.
- Marty Mapes @ Movie Habit
- Excerpt: Like the Up series, a return to visit old friends
- Peter Martin @ Dallas Film Now
- Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Matthew McKernan @ FilmWhinge
- Excerpt: The film refuses to shy away from Jesse and Celine’s very real problems, making it a sober, somewhat brave film. Before Midnight avoids the wishful thinking and addresses, with sadness but acceptance, the uglier side of any romance.
- Ryan McNeil @ The Matinee
- Excerpt: A textbook study in how to stick the landing.
- Simon Miraudo @ Quickflix
- Jason Pirodsky @ Expats.cz
- Excerpt: Sunrise, Sunset, and now Midnight are three of the most poignant and important films about love and relationships in contemporary cinema.
- Jamie S. Rich @ DVD Talk
- Excerpt: That Linklater, Hawke, and Delpy manage to balance so many things, to make their characters three-dimensional and flawed while also keeping them likable, and make Before Midnight as uplifting and cathartic as it is emotionally distressing, is really the secret to why this series has managed to sustain its quality and appeal. The level of talent on display here, the depth and nuance of the performances and of the writing, is incredible.
- Jonathan Richards @ www.jonrichardsplace.com
- Excerpt: If you are not a fan of intelligent conversation in the movies, stop right here and go see Fast & Furious 6. Because talk is pretty much what you get. But it’s fascinating talk.
- Tom Santilli @ Examiner.com
- Excerpt: For those that have seen the first two films, it is joyous enough just to return to these two beloved characters. However, this experience is the most unsettling of them all.
- Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: For better or for worse — mostly better — Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke may best be remembered for their romantically euphoric trilogy in collaboration with wunderkind Generation X auteur Richard Linklater.
- Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
- Excerpt: Perceptive and rewarding.
- Phil Villarreal @ Becauseitoldyouso.com
- Excerpt: It’s a brutal parade of heartbreak and mind-rake that leaves you curled up and wound up in a ball, covering your eyes but peeking through parted fingers.
