Before Sunrise (1995)
97%RT Audience Score: 93%
Awards & Nominations: 1 win & 7 nominations
Thought-provoking and beautifully filmed, Before Sunrise is an intelligent, unabashedly romantic look at modern love, led by marvelously natural performances from Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy.
Before Sunrise is like a warm hug from your crush, but in movie form. It’s smart, it’s pretty, and it’s all about love in the modern world. Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy are so natural in their roles that you’ll forget you’re watching a movie and start feeling like you’re eavesdropping on a real-life conversation. And let’s be real, who doesn’t love a good eavesdrop? So if you’re in the mood for some deep thoughts and some heart-fluttering romance, give Before Sunrise a watch. You won’t regret it.
Production Company(ies)
Castle Rock Entertainment, Detour Filmproduction Filmhaus Wien Universa Filmproduktion,s
Distributor
NA
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Café Sperl, Gumpendorfer Strasse 11, Vienna, Austria
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for some strong language
Year of Release
1995
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby SR
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:NA
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Language(s):English, German, French
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 27, 1995 Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2001
Genre(s)
Romance
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $5,987,386
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $11,773,355
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,912
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 1,283,899
US/Canada gross: $5,535,405
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $10,884,598
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,594
US/Canada opening weekend: $1,423,537
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $2,799,186
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,167
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $2,500,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $4,915,900
Production budget ranking: 1,916
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $2,647,212
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $4,210,244
ROI to date (est.): 56%
ROI ranking: 1,119
Julie Delpy – Celine
Erni Mangold – Palm Reader
Hanno Poeschl – Husband on Train
Karl Bruckschwaiger – Guy on Bridge
Tex Rubinowitz – Guy on Bridge
Director(s)
Richard Linklater
Writer(s)
Richard Linklater, Kim Krizan
Producer(s)
Anne Walker-McBay
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
1 win & 7 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (46) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (46)
September 7, 2011 | Rating: A-
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
TOP CRITIC
Agreeably alluring.
May 3, 2005 | Rating: B+
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness
TOP CRITIC
June 18, 2002 | Rating: 4/4
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
Before Sunrise is so much like real life — like a documentary with an invisible camera — that I found myself remembering real conversations I had experienced with more or less the same words.
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/4
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
TOP CRITIC
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 4/5
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
January 1, 2000 | Rating: 4/4
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
TOP CRITIC
Capturing an effervescent mixture of the mid-90s, it’s a striking, authentic observation of two people experiencing a romantically charged connection which would come to erode and inform the shape of their future.
September 15, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Nicholas Bell
IONCINEMA.com
There are so many perfect moments in this film; it is hard to list them without excluding others.
August 5, 2020
David Harris
Spectrum Culture
What a film like Before Sunrise champions is that some of the most meaningful moments in our lives can be sensual and ephemeral: a look, a touch, a feeling, a few short hours.
May 1, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
PJ Nabarro
Patrick Nabarro
The films have always been about the marvels and limitations of impersonation, since behind Jesse and Céline we see Hawke and Delpy, celebrities whose stars were bright already in the first film and have intensified, owing partly to this series…
March 13, 2019
Dan Chiasson
The New York Review of Books
There’s a vulnerable undercurrent beneath this film, one that beats and throbs with the stolen looks, brief touches and romantic under-the-stars kisses.
April 20, 2015
Allyson Johnson
The Young Folks
Undoubtedly one of the most romantic movies of all time…
July 22, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews…
Plot
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away?
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
There is no mention of anything goofy, funny, or odd about the film or anyone in the cast in this Fresh Kernels article.
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