richard linklater beautifully directed mixture of youthful romance and paris travelogue be one of the 90 best think person romantic movie . julie delpy turn in one of the decade most engaging performance a the parisian lass who spend a day with stranger on a train ethan hawke . the dialogue ( and there be oodles of it ) be sometimes meandering and overly precious and but this portrait of two young wannabe lover make a romantic and intellectual and and spiritual connection to one another be full of wonderfully amuse and touch and insightful moment .