Before Midnight
USA, Greece 2013, Richard Linklater, 108′
9 years after their last encounter, Jesse and Céline are married with adorable twin girls and spending the summer in Greece. Much talking is done.
TL;DR Just watch it, it’s what you expect.
Of course, most of the time they talk. The first third is banal middle aged banter with their Greek friends over dinner, which even though it is banal is absolutely enjoyable as they all are wonderfully candid and just like in any movie with at least one French/Italian/Spanish/Greek/etc. person everything devolves into talk about sex and gender. The second third is extremely reminiscent of the first two movies: after they have learned that their friends have gifted them one night of freedom from the kids at a hotel they walk through the beautifully cliché village to the hotel. Doing what? Talking of course. Then for the remainder, just when they are about to have sex they get into a really big fundamental argument. It seems a little strange that they argue about things like her doing the housework on top of working, etc. That is so last century. Or at least it should be for civilised Europeans. So even though the dialogue sometimes seems a little dated it is exactly what you expected: Another great entry in the row of “Before…” movies. Let’s see what they will come up with in 9 years.