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2010 · Movie · 1h 52m

Blue Valentine

CriticsCritics: 84
AudienceAudience: 7.4

A married couple tries to reconnect as their relationship strains under different ambitions, emotional distance, and unresolved frustrations. The story moves between their hopeful beginnings and difficult present, offering an intimate, unsentimental look at love, commitment, and the pressures that can wear a partnership down.

My take

You’ll appreciate this if you prefer raw, realistic relationship dramas like Revolutionary Road, but Not for you if you want a comforting romance, upbeat mood, or easy-to-like characters.

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Cast

Michelle WilliamsRyan GoslingJohn DomanMike VogelBen ShenkmanJen JonesMaryann PlunkettFaith Wladyka

Director

Derek Cianfrance

If tonight is a Blue Valentine night…

…these live in the same corner of my head.

Want one picked out for tonight?

Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.