Blue Valentine

 

Blue Valentine 2010

• Director: Derek Cianfrance
• Seen by this director: The Place Beyond the Pines
• Based on novel: no
• Cast: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Faith Wladyka, John Doman
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in
• Ryan Gosling – many
• Michelle Williams – Venom, Manchester by the Sea, Wonderstruck, My Week with Marilyn, Shutter Island, Brokeback Maountain, Imaginary Heroes, Station Agent, The United States of Leland, A Thousand Acres
• Why? The cast
• Seen: 6 August 2024 

Dean (Gosling) and Cindy (Williams) are married, not necessarily happily. They have a little girl (Wladyka).

It goes back and forth in time showing how they met, fell in left, dealt with their dysfunctional families.

Do they even know what love is? They thought so in the beginning, but now?

It’s very sad. But is it hopeless?

Gosling and Williams are terrific, as always.

4* of 5