Blue Valentine

2010

Action / Drama / Romance

135
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 77% · 212 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 77% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 223548 223.5K

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Plot summary

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. 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 Photo
Derek Cianfrance

Top cast

Ryan Gosling Photo
Ryan Gosling as Dean
Ben Shenkman Photo
Ben Shenkman as Dr. Feinberg
Michelle Williams Photo
Michelle Williams as Cindy
Mike Vogel Photo
Mike Vogel as Bobby
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
650.21 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 15
1.64 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 100

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by charles000 8 / 10

Surprisingly well done. I was a bit skeptical at first . . .

Surprisingly well done. I was a bit skeptical at first, but as I traveled my way through this story, it made more sense than many other attempts to capture this concept and present it well. Michelle Williams really shines here, it may be her best role yet, at least that I'm aware of. The key point here is that is an anatomy of a marriage that has dissolved over time, becoming increasingly irrelevant to the wife, and evermore difficult for the husband to comprehend or connect with what's going on with his wife. I've seen this before, in real life. Sometimes, marriages just come apart over time, even if they started out with the best of intentions and all the chemistry that can be imagined. It just happens . . . people change over time, and often, not in sync with each other. There's no real "bad guy" in the scenario portrayed . . . just the realities of how people drift apart, to the point of no return. Trust me on this one, this does happen. This film may not be for everyone, but for those who can relate with this type of story, this is probably one of the best attempts yet which delivers a reasonably realistic depiction of what this can be like.
Reviewed by classicsoncall 8 / 10

"Pack your bags, baby. We're going to the future."

Sad to say, but a lot of couples have been there. The conversation between Dean (Ryan Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) right after she ran into Bobby Ontario (Mike Vogel) in the liquor store was classic, with neither participant willing or able to come to grips with what was really bothering them. The entire story is so true to life it's scary, a virtual primer on how a once happily engaged couple falls into a dead end routine that ends in a shattering breakup. The flashback technique used by director Derek Cianfrance gets confusing at times, as the age difference of the characters over the time period involved doesn't always seem apparent, and I found myself more than once puzzling over when the story was taking place. But it's all brought back to the here and now in disappointingly tragic fashion for a marriage on the rocks with no chance of survival. Credit Gosling and Williams for making it work, both were commendable in their roles with Williams the more conflicted character with a wider emotional arc. First time date night couples beware, the word 'Valentine' in the title doesn't represent hearts and flowers; you'll only feel blue coming out of the picture.
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