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100
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Critic Score

77
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It's a lovely and wistful celebration of youth, time and moments of connection -- and about the experience of living in the midst of a simple, perfect day that you know you'll remember for the rest of your life.Full Review

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

Before Sunrise speaks as much to the mind as to the heart, and much of what it says is likely to strike a responsive chord -- a rare and special accomplishment for any motion picture.Full Review

James Berardinelli
ReelViews

If Linklater goes to a bit of an extreme here, it's in making both characters so intelligent and sincere, so ardent and giving, that they seem a little too good to believe.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Watching and listening to these two is a charming experience; their conversation has the ring of veracity, and rarely does the viewer's interest stray.Full Review

Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Though Linklater allows the movie to wander, he never allows the pace to slacken, and more often than not he finds some unexpected bit of found poetry or cultural kitsch to make the digressions worthwhile.Full Review

Hal Hinson
Washington Post
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