Before Midnight

Name: Before Midnight
Released: 2013-5-22
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Ariane Labed, Athina Rachel Tsangari

Before Midnight

R
1h 49m
2013

98%

age 16+

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Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) first met in their twenties in Before Sunrise; reunited in their thirties in Before Sunset; and, now, in director Richard Linklater's amazing Before Midnight, they face the past, present and future; family, romance, and love. Now married and in Greece, the couple looks for a night of passion, but instead their idyllic night turns into a test of their relationship, and a discussion of what their future holds for them.

Director:

Richard Linklater

Producer:

Writer:

Cast:

Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Ariane Labed, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Jennifer Prior, Yota Argyropoulou

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

98%

Critics Consensus: Building on the first two installments in Richard Linklater's well-crafted Before trilogy, Before Midnight offers intelligent, powerfully acted perspectives on love, marriage, and long-term commitment.

Reviews

L.A. Weekly

Asher Luberto

Having spent some of the most romantic scenes in all of cinema in their company (a stroll at dawn...

Beautifully lensed by Christos Voudouris, the light, the location are celebratory and metaphoric w...

January 7, 2020

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Musings of Guitargalchina

Katie Smith-Wong

Painfully honest, refreshing with wonderful lead performances, Before Midnight is an intimate and...

November 26, 2019

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Film Comment Magazine

Amy Taubin

Unleashing a stream of feminist consciousness that is both outraged and outrageous-and cathartic b...

August 28, 2019

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The Reader (Omaha, NE)

Ryan Syrek

Before Midnight is quiet, shrewd and sparse. It is unassuming and unafraid to poke fun at its own...

August 27, 2019

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Common Sense Media

age 16+

Common Sense Says

Brilliant, mature third chapter to heartfelt romantic saga.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Before Midnight is a smart, talky, insightful dramedy that extends the love story of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy), the couple who first met and fell in love in Before Sunrise and got reacquainted in Before Sunset. This latest installment is an unflinching look at the complications of a relationship between two very complicated people -- including how to negotiate gender roles when children arrive -- and as such, may not be especially relatable for teens, though their parents will probably find much that rings true. Expect some social drinking and cigarette smoking, swearing (including "f--k" and "c--t"), and a scene in which a woman's breasts are displayed for an extended period of time.