The Frame

Beautiful film. Not showy, not spectacular, just very quiet and honest and sweet. Ethan Hawke is an American about to spend his last day in Europe in Vienna when he meets a French girl, Julie Delpy, on her way back to Paris. He convinces her to get off the train with him in Vienna, and they spend all night wandering the streets and talking. And talking. If a film made up almost entirely of snippets of conversation between a man and a woman doesn’t sound attractive to you…you may want to avoid Before Sunrise. But its very simplicity is a large part of the charm, and the conversation is so well-written (by director Richard Linklater), and Hawke and Delpy are so appealing that I found myself unable to look away during the film, and unwilling for it to be over.
Well Above Average