Blue Valentine
(2010)
Overview
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
Writers
Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, Joey Curtis
Top Billed
Ryan Gosling
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Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
⭐ 7/10July 6, 2022
**It is a discreet film, which can go unnoticed, but very intense, realistic, believable and that can be difficult to see for many people.**
Romantic dramas aren't exactly my favorite type of film, but I recognize the quality of work done in this film, and the skill of director Derek Cianfrance. In almost every way, this film was a labor of love, drawing heavily on the director's personal experience who, as a young man, witnessed his parents' …
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 6/10July 6, 2024
A really rather dreary depiction of two young people from pretty dysfunctional backgrounds who get together - with her baby from another relationship - and struggle through life. Ryan Gosling is "Dean" a working class man quite content to make his way as a handy man/painter whilst "Cindy" (Michelle Williams) is a nurse who has (slightly) greater aspirations for both of them, and her little girl. The story is delivered in threads that try to recon… read the rest.
GenevieveChenneour
⭐ 10/10June 22, 2025
A film that feels like falling in and out of love in the same breath. It doesn’t warn you, it just wounds you - with all the tenderness and cruelty of real intimacy. Ryan and Michelle aren’t acting - they’re remembering. And maybe that’s the most painful thing of all.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$1,000,000
Revenue
$15,440,333