Drama

Romance

Blue Valentine

Cottage Industries

Incentive Filmed Entertainment

Silverwood Films

Hunting Lane Films

Chrysler Corporation

Shade Pictures

Motel Movies

United States of America

English

Ryan Gosling

Michelle Williams

John Doman

Mike Vogel

Ben Shenkman

Jen Jones

Maryann Plunkett

Faith Wladyka

Marshall Johnson

James Benatti

Barbara Troy

Carey Westbrook

Eileen Rosen

Enid Graham

Ashley Gurnari

Jack Parshutich

Samii Ryan

Mark Benginia

Timothy Liveright

Tamara Torres

Robert Russell

Michelle Nagy

Felicia Reid

Melvin Jurdem

Alan Malkin

Derik Belanger

Isabella Frigoletto

Madison Ledergerber

Jaimie Jensen

Joseph Basile

Ian Bonner

Robert Eckard

Corey Sullivan

Derek Cianfrance

Lynette Howell Taylor

Jack Lechner

Jim Helton

Doug Dey

Scott Osman

Grizzly Bear

Andrij Parekh

Alex Orlovsky

Ron Patane

Erin Benach

Davi Russo

Jamie Patricof

Cindy Tolan

Inbal Weinberg

Jasmine E. Ballou

Barbara Jean Kearney

Joey Curtis

Mark Brooke

Cami Delavigne

Bobby Diehl

Leo Won

Radium Cheung

Adam Escott

Eddie DeCurtis

Tony Volante

Nina Kuhn

Damian Canelos

Chris Potter

Mike Marino

Jeffrey Jones

Sebastian Henshaw

Oliver Cary

Charles Christopher Rubino

Adam Caldwell

Norm Marshall

Evan Benjamin

Max Sherwood

Tony Osso

Dan Flosdorf

Steve Giammaria

Vince Reed Camuto

Blaise Corrigan

Drew Jiritano

Seth Tallman

Manny Siverio

Rena Ronson

Brad Robinson

Cassian Elwes

Carrie Fix

Mariela Comitini

Joe Rudge

Jesse Getchell

Filipe Manuel Neto

**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' divorce. Although the film has a name that reminds us of the rosier side of love, the film actually does a very detailed dissection of a relationship, from beginning to end.

I can even agree if someone tells me that this film is not for everyone: it is a dense film, something slow, there are very monotonous passages, dialogues that seem to be there just to fill time, but that actually help us to understand the personality and way of acting of the two elements of the couple. In addition, the film does not have a linear narrative, making several setbacks and temporal advances, in order to intersperse the past and the present, showing us the evolution of the relationship and, also, its wear and tear. It's not a nice movie or easy to watch, and in large part this is due to the authenticity of what we see. That couple could be our neighbor, or one of us. It is a film that, for many people, can evoke painful memories of past and present courtships and marriages.

I really enjoyed the interpretation of Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. Both actors were fully committed to the work, built a powerful chemistry and partnership, they are largely the soul of the film. Gosling played a romantic who absolutely believes in love and seems willing to do anything to try to make their marriage work. He's passionate, absolute and enthusiastic, the kind of man who doesn't mind taking risks, and has the self-confidence to run after the ones he loves. Williams made her character more reserved, tough, a little defensive, but full of personality and inner strength. Moreover, the actress would get an Oscar nomination for Best Actress with this work.

The film has a very well executed cinematography, excellent editing work and good production values. It's not a flashy film, it will surely go unnoticed by many people, and in fact it's not a perfect film or totally likable, but it's interesting, it's intense, and if we give it a chance, it's impossible not to feel sympathy for the characters. and suffer with the difficulties they go through.

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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 reconcile their separate, rather depressing, routes to their current predicaments alongside their prevailing issues. Certainly there was love, once, in their relationship but that has long been supplanted by resentment, frustration and even some jealousy before it all culminates with a rather disastrous "romantic" night in an hotel. The relentless inevitability of the story is writ large from the start, and although the film is well put together, it cannot elevate it from the realms of a rather drab, angry melodrama.

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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