Before Sunset

Before Sunset
Castle Rock
July 2, 2004
Romance
DVD
C-

This turns out to be the middle in a trilogy, with movies spaced nine years apart (Before Sunrise was first and Before Midnight is the last, so far).  I judged it as a stand-alone and it was just sort of there.  A novelist gets interviewed and then talks with his "ex," who shows up to surprise him, and even though I am big on dialogue (my idea of ultimate entertainment is a lot closer to people talking on a couch than it is to explosions or any "spectacle"), I just didn't care enough about what they were talking about.

Ethan Hawke not only stars as Jesse, but he co-wrote the screenplay with director Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan, who co-created the characters.