Blue Valentine (9.5/10) Revisited

What happens when you fall out of love? What happens to the magic that you felt when began your romance? Life isn't always what we dream, but it doesn't mean you can't find some happiness and be content. Well our couple is not the people to do this, they're going to destroy each other. "Blue Valentine" is a heartbreaking and quite often difficult movie to watch about two people who fall in love (or in some ways forced on them) and them falling out of it. Ryan Gosling plays Dean and Michelle Williams plays Cindy in two performances to damage the soul. The pair play the roles so well nobody else could have done it so well. They don't look glamorous or strong, but it rather shows two people struggling in a terrible situation. They are laid naked (figuratively and literally) before us in a story to take with us. This movie may not make you a better or nicer person, but it will teach you something to be wary of for all your life.

Dean and Cindy meet in the big city. Their dreams and options are only limited by themselves. The two make cute and begin to really feel something for one another. Well throw in some life altering bumps and things will change. Six years later they live in a small town, isolated and alone like their dreams. They have a child they love, but their relationship is struggling. So they decide to take a little love retreat and all the painful feeling will overcome them. They will fight and have sex and so on. It's a devastating show to watch these people come apart and their dreams possibly be forever crushed.

"Blue Valentine" is a phenomenal movie that is like a wild car wreck. It hurts to watch the pain before you, but you can't look away. The film was once NC-17 but luckily and rightfully won an appeal to get the R rating (easier distribute that way). This film will wipe the floor with you and leave you feeling drained and wasted... in the best way. "Blue Valentine" was one of the best films of 2010 and one that will stand the test of time.

9.5/10
Recommendation: Not easy to watch such a destructive movie, but it's easily worth the experience. Something to think about and will stay with you.