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Blue Valentine
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1394
- IMDb #1438
- Google retired #2963
- Rotten Tomatoes #1417
- Metacritic #628
- Letterboxd #1179
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1321
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1937
- Metacritic Critics #615
- Metacritic Audience #861
- Criticker #701
- Douban #823
- Kinopoisk #2386
- AlloCiné #1509
- Trakt #2078
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 61, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 87.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The film chronicles a contemporary married couple, Dean and Cindy, at two different points in time. It intercuts between the early, hopeful days of their relationship, full of romance and spontaneity, and their present life, which is strained by disappointment, resentment, and the pressures of parenthood and financial struggle. The narrative explores how their passionate love devolved into a painful disconnect.
Details
- Director
- Derek Cianfrance
- Writers
- Cami Delavigne, Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis
- Released
- 26 December 2010
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1.0M
- Box office
- $15.4M
- Awards
- 1 win, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Best Actor 2010 | Best Actor | Ryan Gosling | Nominee |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama 2010 | Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Ryan Gosling | Nominee |
| Best Actress 2010 | Best Actress | Michelle Williams | Nominee |
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama 2010 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Michelle Williams | Nominee |
| Best Film 2010 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| Most Promising Filmmaker 2010 | Most Promising Filmmaker | Derek Cianfrance | Winner |
| Outstanding Casting - Low Budget Feature – Drama/Comedy 2010 | Outstanding Casting - Low Budget Feature – Drama/Comedy | Cindy Tolan, Richard Hicks (LA Casting Consultant), David Rubin (LA Casting Consultant) | Nominee |
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7 awards — Blue Valentine
×| Most Promising Filmmaker | Derek Cianfrance | Winner |
| Best Actor | Ryan Gosling | Nominee |
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Ryan Gosling | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Michelle Williams | Nominee |
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Michelle Williams | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee |
| Outstanding Casting - Low Budget Feature – Drama/Comedy | Cindy Tolan, Richard Hicks (LA Casting Consultant), David Rubin (LA Casting Consultant) | Nominee |