Watching and listening to these two is a charming experience; their conversation has the ring of veracity, and rarely does the viewer's interest stray.

Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

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.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

What Mr. Linklater does best here is to come up with conversational gambits that have just the right fancifulness to suit this situation.

Janet Maslin

The New York Times