A love story.
| Cast |
Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Faith Wladyka, John Doman, Mike Vogel, Marshall Johnson |
| Director |
Derek Cianfrance |
| Screenplay | Derek Cianfrance, Camil Delavigne, Joey Curtis |
| Music | Grizzly Bear |
| Cinematography | Andrij Parekh |
| Editing | Jim Helton, Ron Patane |
| Sound formats | |
| SA distributor | Nu Metro |
| Made in | 2010 |
| Produced by | Hunting Lane Films, Silverwood Films |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Strong, fairly frequent |
| Nudity | Strong |
| Sex | Strong |
| Violence | Strongish |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | Infrequent profanities |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Strongly adult themes. |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith  Romcom bucks trend with unhappy end | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Laetitia Pople Kyker aanskou hoe dit lyk as man en vrou mekaar háát | 5 |  |
| Cape Times Duayne Byrge A love story that's sure to leave you feeling blue | 5 | |
| iAfrica.com Candace Whitehead | 15 | |
| Box Office Ray Greene It’s no date movie, but it will provoke debate and discussion, and it lingers in the mind far longer than a more typical approach to romance. | 10 |  |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 18 | |
| eye Weekly Jason Anderson It’s thrilling to see two performers as gifted as Gosling and Williams get the chance to go for broke. | 10 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli Whatever the motivation for seeing it, however, Blue Valentine deserves to be seen. The cumulative experience leaves an aftertaste that, although not bitter, is too strong to be easily washed away. That's the mark of a worthwhile motion picture. | 18 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs Blue Valentine is one of those films you admire as it unfolds, but will likely never watch again due to its overall sad/downer aura and the fact that it will likely remind many a viewer of their own and possibly similar relationship experiences. | 14 | |
| Metacritic.com 42 critics | 16 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 167 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer This emotionally gripping examination of a marriage on the rocks isn't always easy to watch, but Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling give performances of unusual depth and power. | 17 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 11203 Netizens Heartbreaking and Powerful | 16 | |
Average .. 67% | 13 |  |