Blue Valentine

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Blue Valentine

R

2010

2h 0m

Drama

Romance

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Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. To the casual observer, everything appears normal, if a bit subdued. But a closer examination reveals a couple caught in a downward spiral. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

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Critics Consensus

This emotionally gripping examination of a marriage on the rocks isn't always easy to watch, but Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling give performances of unusual depth and power.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

02/06/2018

See it for [Ryan] Gosling and [Michelle] Williams, but be advised: if you take a date, you'll be sorry.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

09/09/2017

A+

Williams's beautiful performance is played nicely off Gosling's remarkably vulnerable performance yielding a timeless portrayal of love, romance, agony and despair.

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Laura Kern

Film Comment Magazine

06/20/2013

Unlike Bergman's searing Scenes from a Marriage, which sustains itself for every one of its 299 devastating minutes, Blue Valentine begins to falter somewhere during its 114.

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Wesley Lovell

Cinema Sight

Jan 7

3.5/4

Familiar stories told in new ways define much of the independent cinema landscape. Blue Valentine tries to present a familiar story with a slight alteration to how it’s presented and perhaps it shouldn’t have.

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Nadia Dalimonte

Next Best Picture

05/09/2024

9/10

The concept of a troubled marriage might be familiar grounds, but the intimate storytelling of “Blue Valentine” feels personal to Cianfrance’s filmmaking style.

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Michael Leader

Den of Geek

05/07/2024

4/5

Blue Valentine gently invites the viewer into their lives.

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Rich L.

@Richard810 Jan 21

The movie was beautiful. It showed the ups and downs of a relationship, but it also shows what could happen if you keep fighting. It was sad. Good movie.

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Jacob J

@ShatsBassoon Jan 5

beautifully painful movie to watch.

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@Soyo020 Jan 4

It was full of emotion and feelings, and conveyed the intended meaning well and clearly! The ending truly made me cry and broke my heart for the state Dean and Cindy had reached :( What I didn't like were the explicit +18 scenes, but they actually added a lot of meaning, they didn't come out of nowhere or just for the sake of sex and releasing lust

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D M

@Dusername Dec 31

Beautiful and devastating

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Nov 17

I don't know why I watched it. Probably because I saw it was 18+ and wanted to see why. Like other reviews say, don't take a date to this movie. Sad ending, but brutally honest look at what can easily happen if two people are not on board with their lives.

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Leaburn O

Oct 29

A devastating collapse of what was a seemingly perfect romance is not your conventional Hollywood love story. This is well made, superbly acted and a difficult watch because it’s hard not to root for them. Watched on Amazon Prime.

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Synopsis

Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. To the casual observer, everything appears normal, if a bit subdued. But a closer examination reveals a couple caught in a downward spiral. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

Director: Derek Cianfrance
Producer: Lynette Howell Taylor, Alex Orlovsky, Jamie Patricof
Screenwriter: Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, Cami Delavigne
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Silverwood Films, Hunting Lane
Rating: R (Language|A Beating|Strong Graphic Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 29, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.7M
Runtime: 2h 0m

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