Blue Valentine

(112 min, 2010)
Director: Derek Cianfrance
Writers: Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams and John Doman

Is this love?

“I feel like men are more romantic than women. When we get married we marry, like, one girl, 'cause we're resistant the whole way until we meet one girl and we think I'd be an idiot if I didn't marry this girl she's so great. But it seems like girls get to a place where they just kinda pick the best option... 'Oh he's got a good job.' I mean they spend their whole life looking for Prince Charming and then they marry the guy who's got a good job and is gonna stick around.”

“Blue Valentine” is a hard movie to watch because it treats love as it probably is in reality – as something very unsure, difficult and elusive. Unfortunately, despite the great subject matter and fantastic performances the film itself is boring and for most of it we ask ourselves “why should we care?”. We watch these two people, we see their interactions, but the film lacks heart and the story of love lacks...love.

Dean is a simple guy, without decent job, without plans and education. But he is a good person and helpless romantic. One day he sees Cindy and he falls in love with her, without even knowing her. He thinks she is the one for him and he wants to spend his life with her. Cindy wants to be a doctor, she changes boys as gloves, although she takes care her of grandmother, showing which is obviously useless attempt for the audience to get to care about her, she doesn't really get attached to guys, having seen the bitterness and hatred between her parents. Could there be two more different people?