Before Midnight

The first time I saw this it was easily my least favorite out of the trilogy, but on a rewatch now prepared for the explosive, raw, and intense argument that is nearly half the film is really all I needed to be left wowed by the end. It keeps the extremely realistic dialogue already perfect from the 2nd film and somehow takes it a step up despite using a slightly more basic structure for a movie compared to the first two. And I think it’s harder to do that when switching between multiple characters rather than creating a centralized dynamic between two different characters that never ends; you really have to know your character that you are making well before it’s put on screen. I watched this with my mom and she still says Before Sunset is her favorite, but I’ve never heard her laugh more during a movie than I did with this.