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About this movie

Genres:
Drama
Language:
English
Running time:
1:52:04
Partner rating:
R
Released:
Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Ryan Gosling Dean
  2. Michelle Williams Cindy
  3. John Doman Jerry
  4. Mike Vogel Bobby
  5. Faith Wladyka Frankie
  6. Marshall Johnson Marshall
  7. Jen Jones Gramma
  8. Maryann Plunkett Glenda
  9. James Benatti Jamie
  10. Barbara Troy Jo

Directors

  1. Derek Cianfrance

Producers

  1. Jamie Patricof
  2. Lynette Howell
  3. Alex Orlovsky

Writers

  1. Derek Cianfrance
  2. Cami Delavigne

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Blue Valentine

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Trailer for Blue Valentine

A relationship is charted from its promising beginning to its sad collapse in this independent drama from Derek Cianfrance. Dean (Ryan Gosling) meets Cindy (Michelle Williams) when they're in their late teens; he's working for a moving company, she's a college student visiting her elderly grandmother at a home for the elderly. Cindy is dating Bobby (Mike Vogel), her boyfriend from high school, but as she gets to know Dean better, a mutual attr... A relationship is charted from its promising beginning to its sad collapse in this independent drama from Derek Cianfrance. Dean (Ryan Gosling) meets Cindy (Michelle Williams) when they're in their late teens; he's working for a moving company, she's a college student visiting her elderly grandmother at a home for the elderly. Cindy is dating Bobby (Mike Vogel), her boyfriend from high school, but as she gets to know Dean better, a mutual attraction grows between them. Years later, Dean and Cindy are married and have a daughter, Frankie (Faith Wladyka), but they're clearly not as happy as they once were; Dean loves his daughter but feels distant from his wife, they have to look after an elderly relative (John Doman), and when Cindy bumps into Bobby while running errands, it's clear he still holds a grudge against her. Dean and Cindy go away for a weekend together at a hotel, but it doesn't take long for them to realize that the magic isn't coming back. Blue Valentine received its world premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

88%Tomatometer score: 88% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Rafer Guzman, Newsday Blue Valentine has a rare emotional intensity. There is no way to prepare for its final frames, inevitable as they are. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic A searing portrait of the disintegration of not just a marriage but, more importantly, the love that once fueled it. Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Catherine Bray, Film4 A rarely cheery but carefully crafted look at flawed and all-too human behaviour, worth seeing for Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling's sincere, intelligent performances. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Philip French, Guardian [UK] In some ways Blue Valentine is a lower-class version of Annie Hall without the wry humour and Allen's acceptance that nothing truly lasts, and that love inevitably fades. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    James Berardinelli, ReelViews An autopsy of a failed marriage, it contrasts the giddy honeymoon beginning with the sad denouement after dysfunction has devastated the groundwork of hope and newness. Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post Blue Valentine comes on like a bittersweet cautionary tale. Full review External link

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