Review of Before Midnight (2013) by Charles M — 21 Oct 2013

Before Midnight is a special motion picture experience that hearkens back to a simpler time of filmmaking, updated here only with contemporary characters. It's motion picture simplicity and character complexity, both extraordinarily well done.

The performances are flawless, the story is at times difficult but certainly riveting in a "real life" sort of way, and the direction is reserved but fully capable. This isn't a movie for all audiences -- there are no explosions, no big robots, no animated characters -- but those who appreciate refined, realistic cinema, there are only precious few other films that get it as right as this one.