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Blue Valentine

2010
Romance, Drama
1h 52m
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Rated 20 Jun 2014
82
86th
This Is What I Actually Believe when it comes to relationships in general, so this was a thoroughly uncomfortable and downer viewing experience. I'm looking for something quasi-witty to add, but no. Not here. Thinking about this movie causes a sense of defeatism so strong that I probably won't even finish typing this mini-revi
Rated 15 May 2011
50
29th
This sounded great. On paper. Contrasting the best and worst times of the couple and never giving a specific reason for their relationship going off the rails ingeniously illustrates that it's just as possible to fall out of love as in. Unfortunately, neither the courting scenes nor the quarrelling ones are particularly interesting and the film has that damn "look at us, we're quirky and Oscar-worthy" vibe. Overrated.
Rated 16 Feb 2011
80
88th
A fine look at how a relationship can take off with a rockets speed, then explode and the pieces left comes falling down from the sky. Most, if not everyone, will definately go through a period like this during their life whether its the falling head over heels or expirencing the downfall. With themes like this its easy to do a swing and a miss, but Gosling and Williams are very credible and you believe in them and feel with them in a very well constructed narrative!
Rated 28 Mar 2011
74
67th
Overachieving performances elevate this horror film about marriage. Still, it falls short of Tarr's "The Prefab People", which deals with the same themes.
Rated 20 Nov 2014
80
84th
Viewing this makes you instantly depressed about life and is typical of the short, tumultuous, and often times bad decisions people make in forming relationships. This isn't a cautionary tale as much as it is one of pitiful, needy, and somewhat broken individuals making each other miserable. This doesn't go the sappy bittersweet route but instead feels like a gut punch by depicting a long uncertain marriage way past its expiration date. Gosling and Williams are tremendous.
Rated 16 Jan 2011
63
61st
Its grainy intimacy can seem forced, but its non-chronological structure begets a moment where Penny and the Quarters' "You and Me," appearing for the second time in the film but the first time for the characters, becomes an elegiac anthem for the faultless dissolution of once-young love: probably the most devastating moment in 2010 film. Their courtship is as charming as its fallout -- Gosling's kneejerk passive-aggressive lashing out vs Williams' smoldering, resigned internalizing -- is scary.
Rated 18 Jan 2011
85
81st
yo i ain't EVER getting married, nuh uh.
Rated 18 Jan 2011
30
13th
Relationships fail, but never with this much acting.
Rated 27 Feb 2011
8
78th
Really intimate, intimately real, the kind of cinema vérité which balances noteworthy performances and an archetypal screenplay with careful aplomb. Recommended.
Rated 08 Jan 2011
1
0th
Despite Blue Valentine's blatant sensememories of nakedness and affection, irritation and itch, what Gosling and Williams reveal about their own concepts of heterosexual experience is ultimately inane.
Rated 17 Jan 2012
86
92nd
Yes it's a film about the disintegration of a marriage, but it's not so in the conventional sense. Usually you'll see a forumula where there's a clear party that's in the wrong (i.e. Revolutionary Road), and infidelity as a result. Blue Valentine doesn't have that, and it's all about one partner simply outgrowing the other, and growing further apart because of that. Phenomenal performances from Gosling and Williams add to a hugely bleak atmosphere and, strangely, it's a refreshing viewing.
Rated 09 Feb 2011
85
89th
What's so great about Blue Valentine is its uncompromising cautionary exploration into the dissolution of a marriage. The viewer doesn't feel emotionally manipulated. Everything feels just right and no scene is overdone. Of course, part of the credit goes to the two leads' exceptional and very naturalistic performances. It seemed like they lived and breathed their roles.
Rated 29 Jan 2011
5
57th
Excels at making marriage look about as appealing as having the skin shaved off your scrotum with a cheese grater, and the naturalism of Gosling and Williams' performances is beyond reproach. I could have done without almost the entire movie being filmed in extreme close-up, though. It was worth seeing but I'm incredibly unlikely to ever watch it again in my life.
Rated 02 Oct 2011
30
5th
A really tedious drama to be blunt. It is an attempt to be an honest portrayal of a relationship, but it feels hollow, and any attempt at being unconventional - the explicit sex, the unchronological order, the visual palette etc. - comes off as artifice and dull to sit through. The direction of the film irks me even more; after every shot more or less being a close-up jammed into the actors faces, I prayed the director would use a wide establishing shot for once in the narrative.
Rated 09 Feb 2014
75
77th
The non-chronological editing works perfectly and heightens the emotional impact of every scene. More importantly, it tells a truer story than we often get in cinema--there's not a simple cause and effect for their crumbling marriage. Rather, their relationship evolves and devolves as almost a matter of course. Its power is only increased by what may be career bests by both Gosling and Williams.
Rated 06 Jun 2011
85
74th
The feel-bad movie of 2010 to me, but it doesn't change how good and well-done it was. Gosling and Williams are great together and in general, but what stood out the most was the dialogue - it was all-too-real and an interesting look at the state of the American family.
Rated 03 Mar 2012
79
82nd
It has all the things that make up an engaging piece of cinema. The screenplay is tight, the two lead performances excellent and the camera work is rich and atmospheric. It does something that I love to see in any film also, which is to create complex and meaningful relationships between the characters. There is something unfathomably unsatisfying about the experience of this film though, that I can't quite put my finger on? Even so, this intimate and heartfelt movie comes highly recommended.
Rated 24 Sep 2013
85
85th
One of the best love stories I've seen for a long time. The dialogue reminds me a lot of the "Before sunset/sunrise/midnight/whatever time"-trilogy
Rated 24 Jan 2011
5
44th
There's things to like and things to hate. The actors are good despite working with a script that wasn't that tight (quit repeating yourself Gosling). I just felt like the movie needed to be about 30 minutes longer to really explore what the director was trying to do/say. The ending really sucked, despite trying really hard to leave you hanging and being artsy. Watch Scenes From a Marriage instead.
Rated 24 Jan 2011
70
75th
First off, I'm totally gay for Gosling and the just sets the cement.. This is a good movie in general, not outstanding but just good and sad.. Gosling was outstanding, Williams was just mindfuckingly beautiful.. Intimate movie..
Rated 22 Oct 2011
82
84th
A film I won't easily forget. Partially a true love story of which I truly enjoyed the sweetness and sincerity, partially a dark story about the side of love we never see, or never think we'll see. This film will open some eyes and shows us what love can be, but also what love can become..
Rated 22 Feb 2011
84
88th
A very honest and blunt story with a beautiful structure. A naturalist and emotional rollercoaster with some amazing acting from both Gosling as Williams. They really capture the frustrations and emotional consequences of a failing marriage.
Rated 24 Jan 2011
70
56th
Good cinematography and acting, but the story isn't anything new. Marriages fall apart, the back-and-forth perspective is nice, but ultimately nothing special.
Rated 08 Feb 2011
85
85th
A simple story with superb execution. Gosling and Williams are brilliant.
Rated 15 Apr 2013
85
73rd
Soul-crushing. Cianfrance paints a warm, delicate picture of young love, and then he makes us watch it die. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are excellent in both stages - in innocence, and in ugly desperation.
Rated 11 Jun 2011
75
73rd
The movie seems very real, a couple falls in love and then out of love. The story is simple but is backed by a very strong script, good direction and good acting. The soundtrack that is part of the movie is awesome.. A must watch intense drama.
Rated 24 Mar 2011
82
82nd
Worst first date movie ever?
Rated 25 Sep 2011
75
51st
A redneck version of (500) Days of Summer or should I say a 'less bullshit, more actual emotion' version of it. Top class performances from Gosling and Williams, plot was interesting and it was humorous and depressing in all the right places, maybe a bit too depressing. Still a wholly enjoyable film.
Rated 04 Jun 2014
1
4th
somebody put ryan gosling and christian bale in a room together and make them fight to the death. and then kill the survivor. and then kill derek cianfrance and sarah polley and whoever else needs to die so that michelle williams can be rescued before it's too late.
Rated 16 Feb 2015
88
92nd
Best first date movie ever.
Rated 18 Apr 2011
100
90th
Blue Valentine is a powerfully tender, down-to-earth film about a breaking point which is no one person's fault and to no one's gain. Gosling and Williams, without whom this film would undoubtedly be no better than great, elevate it to pure excellence and are by light years the best on-screen duo of 2010. A well structured, uncompromisingly real and heartbreakingly genuine slam dunk. I was literally unable to get out of my seat until halfway through the credits. Watch it. It's outstanding.
Rated 25 Apr 2015
48
13th
It is full of doom and gloom. It depicts an extremely bleak view of relationships and marriages which I do not agree at all. I know that not all life is fun and games, but this movie literally took the air out of me. Not recommended to newly weds, maybe the last movie to watch during your honeymoon.
Rated 04 May 2014
78
80th
Both Williams and Gosling are brilliant in their roles: they start out as that wonderful and beautiful couple, but due to the parallel structure of storytelling you know right away that things just won't work out and it's heart-wrenching, sad but realistic at the same time. This is a movie that once more wanted me for time to stop at just the right point in life. And I promised myself never to get rapist glasses.
Rated 23 Apr 2011
87
87th
Intense and wonderfully acted drama that shows the dissolution of a relationship by allowing the humanity to take center stage. It lacks a little in universality by the characters it creates but it's an effective portrayal of those characters.
Rated 10 Feb 2011
89
81st
Fantastic, moving performances combined with a fantastic script and editing showing the happy beginning and bitter end of a marriage.
Rated 15 Jan 2011
81
77th
Beautiful acting and wonderful time cuts give a very honest look into into this tragic, albeit common, tale. The "hip" Before Sunrise/set-like characters that begin the relationship are changed into something that feels very real by the conclusion of the film. Who knows where things went wrong, but what relationship does have that definite turning point? High praise for this poetic train wreck.
Rated 16 Jan 2017
80
90th
yup, that pretty much sums it up.
Rated 17 Jan 2011
50
14th
This is more than depressing, it's depraved. Here, look, watch these two people be stupid for almost 2 hours in amongst flashbacks that leave your head spinning. So the acting is good, so what. What's the point. Don't be like them??? Got that in the first 90 seconds.
Rated 23 Jan 2011
85
83rd
Ryan Gosling, I want to say a few words to you! You're bloody awesome!
Rated 10 Jun 2011
78
75th
This film really touched me. Great raw performances from Williams and Gosling. But enough of the shallow depth of field already!
Rated 24 Jan 2012
45
85th
Great movie if you've been single for a while. Now I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything!
Rated 01 Oct 2017
82
68th
One of the most realistic,honest and true movie about being in a relationship.Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams just great.
Rated 08 Feb 2011
80
57th
Gosling and Williams give two of the year's finest performances in a competent indie film that never quite delivered the emotional gut-punch I was expecting.
Rated 06 Feb 2011
8
82nd
touching, heart-breaking and realistic. well placed flashbacks save the story from being cliché and boring. soundtrack is also fantastic and contributes a lot to the film.
Rated 03 Apr 2011
79
58th
Scorching performances by Gosling and especially Williams highlight raw, gritty portrayal of the birth, and spectacular death, of a relationship and marriage. Hard to take much away from this bitter, angry film outside of the seeming cynicism towards marriage and commitment, which means overall the film lacks a resonance that might have made it great. As it is, it is an excellent actors showcase.
Rated 28 May 2014
85
89th
Watching this was like stepping outside into an oppressively hot, humid day, only with heat replaced by mounting dread and sadness as you watch two good people just slowly fall apart. It's almost frightening how real it feels at times - Michelle Williams carries an internalized defeat through the entire film and you can just see everything breaking down while Ryan Gosling's character is blissfully unaware. The whole film is like watching a plane plummet from 30,000 feet.
Rated 27 Feb 2011
75
56th
*Mild spoilers below* Fantastic performances from Williams & Gosling, and it's a nice look at the beginning and end of a relationship. And although a couple of hints are given, it would have been nice to have gotten a better look at what happened in the interim years to cause things between them to go so far south (and, more importantly, change them as much as it did.)
Rated 05 Jan 2011
88
98th
An exquisitely acted and beautifully directed examination of the inexplicable destruction of love.
Rated 28 Jun 2011
80
68th
I FEEL PHYSICALLY ILL.
Rated 23 Jul 2014
29
35th
The Cassavetes comparisons are pretty laughable.
Rated 15 Jul 2011
85
77th
15 Temmuz 2011 & Blue valentine, kurgusal olarak kusursuz bir film. Oyunculuklar, denge cok iyi. Ama allah askina, kadinin derdi neydi? Belki de her sey mukemmeldi, hayatinda duzeltebilecegi bisey yoktu.Belki de hala digerine asikti. Belki de kacirdigi firsatlari dusunuyordu. Biraz dusundum de, kadini rahatsiz eden adam ile arasindaki egitim ve hayat bakis acisi farkiydi. Adamin ona yetmedigni dusundu. Bitch.
Rated 22 Apr 2011
80
90th
:/
Rated 24 Apr 2015
73
36th
I guess I'm past that certain age and too happy with my relationship for this story to have a strong effect on me.
Rated 21 May 2011
10
92nd
I had this ranked less than perfect, but after a rewatch, this movie is masterful! The acting is absolutely incredible. The scene when Goslings character walks into his wife's workplace intoxicated attempting to confront her is one of the most intense, weirdly heart breaking scenes I have ever watched. I feel sad for Gosling's character all while knowing he is extremely flawed and probably not totally deserving. Perfect score for this one, it gets better after repeat viewing!
Rated 14 May 2015
79
80th
the story tells us good mens fate in relationship. And probably my future
Rated 16 Mar 2011
30
32nd
Here's another example of a director letting lose his narcissists/actors on stock shitty situations/big romance. Now, that shit is fine for acting class, but not for cinema. On the plus side, it's nowhere near as bas as Revolutionary Road. It's just more of the "drama in name only" stuff that has two leads crying and shouting ad nauseum, cause apparently it ain't drama if the leads ain't crying or shouting, preferably both.
Rated 12 Jan 2011
81
36th
Great performances, though I thought Michelle Williams outdid Gosling a bit. Undecided about the ending, needs further consideration. Definitely my kind of thing, though.
Rated 22 Jan 2013
75
75th
its well-done and all, but unfortunately it didnt do much for me.
Rated 24 Sep 2014
9
91st
Blue Valentine is a film that with each and every viewing I grow to love more and more. Derek Cianfrance crafts a heartbreaking but stunning experience. Ryan Gosling gives without a doubt his finest performance and Michelle Williams is superb also. They are simply mesmerising together on screen. And underlying all the heartache and pain are two incredibly real, honest, good people that you care about. And whom ultimately you're heart breaks for. Simply stunning, engaging and raw filmmaking.
Rated 29 May 2011
0
0th
Obviously there was no hope of me actually rating this movie or even watching it outside of the intensely personal context it has for me. I tried though and I've determined that if a bitch is gonna dump me over a movie it's gotta be better than this. What an awful character Michelle Williams plays. Traps a guy into a loveless marriage because she's a cumslut then blames him for ruining it when she is really almost 100% at fault for everything bad that has ever happened to the poor guy. Yuck.
Rated 09 Jul 2011
80
76th
Will rape your heart. Gosling is becoming one of my favorite actors. Would scare anyone away from marriage and/or raising a child.
Rated 25 Jan 2011
100
98th
Very strong movie, great performances and intelligent script. I love it. Ryan Goslin is so great in the row.
Rated 21 Nov 2011
90
96th
Gosling and Williams make this film what it is - a fantastic love drama. However we shouldn't forget Derek Cianfrance for creating an excellent background for the actors. Loved it.
Rated 31 Mar 2020
84
46th
The movie does a good job of showing why Gosling would settle for this relationship, but their marriage was doomed from the start. I could never raise someone else's kid, but ironically that had nothing to do with their downfall. I can't help but feel that the majority of the blame goes to Williams' character. In real life her marriage only lasted a year (hmmm). I do admire the pacing of the two timelines, allowing their highs and lows to juxtapose
Rated 16 Dec 2023
89
70th
An incredibly raw movie; both Gosling and Williams were great. The whole movie kind of just makes you sad, knowing what they become even when they are happy. It’s maybe not even them; it’s the fact that it’s reality for a lot of people, and you just hope you don’t fall into the same category.
Rated 02 Apr 2011
67
90th
#11#, reviews, story, Michelle W, R Gosling.
Rated 01 Aug 2012
74
21st
i kind of liked this movie but i wish they would have shown more why the woman grew to hate/not love anymore the guy, i didn't really understand but maybe i'm just stupid.
Rated 17 Sep 2012
80
83rd
A movie about falling in love with a defective person. Michelle Williams is incredible and beautiful, and alone makes this movie worth watching. Ryan Gosling plays a defective man who is tragically both very charming and inept. They repeatedly try to make things work, but time and again the guy screws things up or they just grow apart. The story has a ring of truth to it, but is nevertheless a bit sad. Basically a movie about passion and heartache.
Rated 05 Jan 2012
75
31st
Beautifully shot and performed. Very real, almost too much so. I admire the authenticity, but it's so depressing that I couldn't really say I 'enjoyed' the film or have any desire to rewatch it.
Rated 17 Jan 2011
78
89th
Perhaps not a great first-date movie (or... is it?) but well worth seeing, mainly thanks to the great performances of the leads. Both Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling are given room to flesh out their characters and assume that live-in feel where the idiosyncracies don't seem like affectations. The film is well-structed too, with flashbacks that at first are lengthy and infrequent but gradually appear more often and in smaller doses, as the film reaches its emotional climax.
Rated 09 Sep 2013
30
13th
Everything in this movie sucks. Maybe except music.
Rated 13 Aug 2011
70
71st
Although there are some absolutely fantastic scenes, in the end the whole enterprise doesn't hang together all that well. Cianfrance's obviously got an agenda here; had he been more even-handed in his examination of the marriage (a la motherfucking Bergman), it would have been more potent rather than seeming a sideshow from time to time.
Rated 30 Jan 2018
90
90th
I'll forever cherish the elegance, beauty and deep connection I feel every time I watch this film. A gold standard in romance.
Rated 05 Jan 2011
88
84th
One of the most detailed, naturalistic pair of love story performances ever conceived, which in turn creates one of the most emotionally-stunning movies I've ever seen. Rewatch 10 years later: Doesn't hold up quite as strong character-wise. But aesthetically and performance-wise, still top notch.
Rated 13 Nov 2011
71
84th
You can debate how effective the script and directing are, but one shouldn't argue that these are two of the better young actors in Hollywood.
Rated 11 Nov 2012
88
52nd
I would have felt better about this film if I cared anything about the two main characters. Technically above average and well acted, but I felt no tension or passion about the lovers' story. "Hunky" college wrestler boyfriend plot especially lame.
Rated 29 Jan 2011
75
86th
Good performances by the two leads.
Rated 19 Jan 2011
84
87th
As a huge Gosling fan i have to say the man never ceases to deliver. Great acting by both the leads an though some will say the plot falls short, I say not every move should have the characters live in fantasy world. A movie like this a bit refreshing in an age where everyone and there grandma is trying desperately to make the next great blockbuster rom-com. Great movie definitely worth the watch.
Rated 03 Feb 2011
85
84th
Gritty, unsettling and heart-breaking while simultaneously funny, charming and totally disarming. Some of the best acting of the year produced brilliantly to make one of the best films of 2010. A must see.
Rated 06 Aug 2012
80
66th
An exceptional movie. Dark, somber, and tragic. Great performances from Gosling and Williams. Well-told and beautifully shot.
Rated 25 Jan 2013
0
1st
This script borders on criminal. Gosling is terrible per usual. What's the point? Is this the story of two people in love or two people who never were in love? How over-understylized can you get without making yourself look like a pretentious asshole? Would I ever even begin to attempt to watch this again? Go fuck yourself.
Rated 03 Aug 2014
95
80th
One of the best movies about relationships I have ever scene. You watch them fall madly in love and then madly fall out of love. Definite Oscar snubs for Gosling and Williams on this film. Truly heartbreaking because it rings so true.
Rated 21 Jan 2011
77
49th
Very naturalistic and believable film-making, with top-notch acting, but the story's too heavy and morose and lacks the lightness to contrast with its shade. Despite the extreme level of intimacy and almost constant screen time of the two leads, the characters and their actions ultimately still feel stereotypical and generic. Cianfrance's goal seems to be a cinema of 100% truth, but in doing that he missed out the touch of magic that makes a story come alive.
Rated 05 Nov 2011
80
91st
Achieves a devastating verisimilitude. If you liked this I would recommend the underrated Gabrielle (2005).
Rated 30 Jan 2012
81
79th
An exhausting, heartbreaking look at a marriage that has fallen on hard times. Ryan Gosling is brilliant as usual, and the setting is just generic enough to take place anywhere (maybe next door!!). Not a date film by any stretch of the imagination.
Rated 20 Feb 2012
3
64th
Beats the same drum a bit too long. The flashback to Dean introducing "You and me" was were the movie hit the perfect melancholic sweet spot it was aiming for, and that would've been a nice place to wrap things up.
Rated 06 Mar 2013
90
64th
Blue Valentine is a bit hard to watch, but Gosling and Williams are very magnificent in this very depressing drama.
Rated 28 Dec 2014
35
23rd
rewatch
Rated 08 Mar 2011
88
71st
Enjoy the relationship you're in? Then stay the hell away from this movie. If (500) Days of Summer is the optimistic view on relationships, Blue Valentine is frank realism captured like a documentary. That's my final conclusion on this film: Blue Valentine is life. It is what we all know, what anyone who has loved can understand. I may be in the Ryan Gosling camp, but both characters are endearing and honest and I can sympathize with both. It will hit you. You'll think it's great for it.
Rated 15 Nov 2011
78
77th
Very well made drama about two people who got married in a fever and are now trying to make it work while constantly running face-first into their own ingrown problems. Williams and Gosling are absolutely incredible, and even when the script gets a bit predictable they keep going on pure raw emotion, but it's not something you want to watch when you're feeling a bit down already. Oh, and if someone ever asks you to go to a motel with different themes for each room, run the other way.
Rated 15 Oct 2013
7
67th
Overall Enjoyment: 31/40, Plot/Themes: 14/20, Cinematography/Direction: 14/20, Acting/Writing: 16/20
Rated 08 Nov 2014
80
63rd
Sweet & sour
Rated 31 Jan 2011
87
56th
blue indeed, and very real. gosling and williams are nicely paired and i did find myself rooting and caring for their characters. thumbs up!
Rated 31 May 2011
40
93rd
"A postmodern tragedy of two people at odds who are both right and both wrong in their argument, sharing responsibility for the birth and death of love."
Rated 15 Mar 2013
75
62nd
Didn't really resonate with me, but it is a decent film anyway. Gosling and WIlliams are good and the story is interestingly told.
Rated 16 Feb 2011
95
96th
A movie carried by the performances of Gosling and Williams, and that's all it needed to be beautiful and devastating.
Rated 23 May 2011
70
83rd
Wow, so even a nice guys like Gosling's character can't make it as a family men. Dumb fuckwits like the rest of us are just doomed! Cianfrance's debut is a hoplessness inducing relationship drama. It doesn't always feel real, because even though acting from both leads is great, it doesn't make characters that are easy to indentify with. Blue Valentine is also an indie film, and it puts that as a statement. Goddamn ukulele! Technical credits are very good. This is American indie of the year.
Rated 03 Jun 2011
99
97th
To my credit, I didn't cry. I did, however, surprise myself by willing him to turn around at the end. God, what heartbreak.
Rated 05 Jun 2016
88
75th
(...)Beeindruckend, das Drehbuch, dass vom im Grunde Unaussprechlichen handelt: Verlangen und Leere. Die Geschichte braucht keine konventionellen Aufhänger, keine Zuspitzung. Blue Valentine ziegt die inneren Niederlagen, das Aufgeben der Hoffnung. Cianfrance scheint sich übrigens gar nicht so sicher, was nun exakt schief lief bei Cindy und Dean. Er ist kein Besserwisser, dafür ein aufmerksamer Beobachter. (Dazu gibts die besten Beziehungsfilme auf cinegeek.de
Rated 30 Jul 2014
90
81st
One of the most heart breakingly realistic movies about relationship I've ever seen. Devastating.

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