

Blue Valentine
A Love Story.
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.
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7.0/10
3,650 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1M
- Box office
- $15.4M
- Language
- English
- depression
- dancing
- nurse
- pennsylvania, usa
- love at first sight
- pregnancy
- classroom
- marriage
- bridge
- dysfunctional family
- alcoholism
- love
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United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Digital / OTT4 Oct 2017
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival24 Jan 2010
- PremiereTelluride Film Festival4 Sept 2010
- PremiereMilwaukee Film Festival23 Sept 2010
- PremiereMill Valley Film Festival12 Oct 2010
- PremiereNew Orleans Film Festival21 Oct 2010
- PremiereAustin Film Festival22 Oct 2010
- PremiereAFI Fest6 Nov 2010
- Theatrical (limited)R29 Dec 2010
- TheatricalR28 Jan 2011
- PhysicalR10 May 2011
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival15 Oct 2010
- Theatrical1514 Jan 2011
United Arab EmiratesAE
- PhysicalBlu-ray22 Jun 2011
AustraliaAU
- PremiereCanberra International Film Festival2 Nov 2010
- TheatricalMA 15+26 Dec 2010
CanadaCA
- PremiereRToronto International Film Festival15 Sept 2010
- PremiereRWhistler Film Festival2 Dec 2010
- Theatrical (limited)18A7 Jan 2011
ArgentinaAR
- PremiereBuenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema7 Apr 2011
- Theatrical+162 Jun 2011
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical29 Jun 2011
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1410 Jun 2011
ChileCL
- Theatrical15 Sept 2011
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical27 May 2011
EgyptEG
- PhysicalDVD14 Nov 2022
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Blue Valentine was released on 26 December 2010.
Audience reviews
3- F7/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
7/6/2022
**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 youn…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
7/6/2024
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 delivere…
- G10/10
GenevieveChenneour
6/22/2025
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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