Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 01/14/2011 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated R for trong graphic sexual content, language, and a beating Running Time 120 Minutes Genre Drama, Romance Director Derek Cianfrance Writer Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, Joey Curtis Cast Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman, Faith Wladyka Studio The Weinstein Company |
BLUE VALENTINE (2010)
SYNOPSIS
BLUE VALENTINE is the story of love found and love lost
told in past and present moments in time. Flooded with
romantic memories of their courtship, Dean (Ryan
Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) use one night to try
and save their marriage. --© The Weinstein Company
BLUE VALENTINE is the story of love found and love lost
told in past and present moments in time. Flooded with
romantic memories of their courtship, Dean (Ryan
Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams) use one night to try
and save their marriage. --© The Weinstein Company
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Writer/Director Derek Cianfrance gives audiences a realistic look at a whirlwind relationship that begins
to collapse after five years in his new film Blue Valentine. Thanks to the outstanding performances by
Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain) and Ryan Gosling (The Notebook) audiences are able to indulge
in the guilty pleasure of watching an accident unravel. The film starts at the home of Cindy (Williams) and
Dean (Gosling) and their five year old daughter Frankie (newcomer Faith Wladyka). Immediately problems
are visible; the family dog is nowhere to be found and Cindy is annoyed by the way Dean encourages
Frankie to eat off the table. With the romance dwindling, Dean and Cindy drive to the city for a night at a
cheesy themed hotel. At the hotel they begin to drink and bickering arises. At this point Cianfrance
introduces flashbacks going back five years ago when the romance between Dean and Cindy first
blossomed. During these flashbacks the audiences learns about the circumstances surrounding Frankie
and Cindy’s aspirations of becoming a medical doctor. After learning their relationship has been a
struggle from the start it’s not hard to see why it’s currently faltering. The ending is extremely abrupt and
unfulfilling; however, the chemistry between Williams and Gosling is so perfectly flawed that while this
film is a depressing take on all-too familiar human behavior audiences will be thoroughly entertained.
to collapse after five years in his new film Blue Valentine. Thanks to the outstanding performances by
Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain) and Ryan Gosling (The Notebook) audiences are able to indulge
in the guilty pleasure of watching an accident unravel. The film starts at the home of Cindy (Williams) and
Dean (Gosling) and their five year old daughter Frankie (newcomer Faith Wladyka). Immediately problems
are visible; the family dog is nowhere to be found and Cindy is annoyed by the way Dean encourages
Frankie to eat off the table. With the romance dwindling, Dean and Cindy drive to the city for a night at a
cheesy themed hotel. At the hotel they begin to drink and bickering arises. At this point Cianfrance
introduces flashbacks going back five years ago when the romance between Dean and Cindy first
blossomed. During these flashbacks the audiences learns about the circumstances surrounding Frankie
and Cindy’s aspirations of becoming a medical doctor. After learning their relationship has been a
struggle from the start it’s not hard to see why it’s currently faltering. The ending is extremely abrupt and
unfulfilling; however, the chemistry between Williams and Gosling is so perfectly flawed that while this
film is a depressing take on all-too familiar human behavior audiences will be thoroughly entertained.
By David F. Ladd
