Before Sunset (2004)
Photo Credit: Before Sunset / Warner International Pictures After a chance meeting on a train nine years earlier , Jesse and Celine reunite in Before Sunset with an opportunity to catch up on an evening that defined both of their young lives. The former published a novel about their brief intimacy, while the latter committed to her humanitarian efforts and struggled to find meaning in lasting relationships. In film, a popular yet seemingly unrequited tale is how two people meet and fall in love by happenstance. The characters and circumstances run the gamut of cliches while also remaining monotonous and repetitive. Rather than feeling fulfilled by such movies, their endings are usually painfully ambiguous in leaving the audience to their imagination about whether or not such a chance encounter could have a happily ever after. As the Before series treks the path of storytelling brilliantly, it marvels not only over the chance encounter but its aftermat...