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Meanwhile, Cindy Michelle Williams , as she approaches 30, has the more demanding job, as a registered nurse specializing in women's health. When Cindy looks at Dean, she sees a man who is not growing, just growing older.

When he takes her out, his hands aren't washed, and the destination is a seedy hotel. He wants nothing but what he has, to be a husband and father. He has no struggle with the world, no visions of conquest and no ego pushing him forward. And because of these traits, which some might see as virtues, he is boring to live with and an embarrassment to his wife.

Perhaps it's just not manly to want nothing - and not sexy to have one's identity so completely defined by one's relationships, even with family. Derek Cianfrance directed and co-wrote the film in a way that allows for a variety of interpretations. In any case, we see both sides and feel equally for both characters.

The sex scene, which almost earned the film an NC rating, is both necessary and agonizing - pained rejection on one side, visceral revulsion on the other. If the film has a flaw, it's that it flashes back once too often, upsetting the rhythm at the finish and making it feel a trifle too long. But in a film of this depth and sensitivity, that's a minor concern.

The acting is exemplary. Gosling brings a preternatural understanding of people to his performance, and Williams is amazing in the way she keeps trying to deny emotion and conceal emotion, even as she's showing us.

Barbara Troy Jo as Jo. Carey Westbrook Charley as Charley. Ben Shenkman Dr. Feinberg as Dr. Eileen Rosen Mimi as Mimi. Enid Graham Professor as Professor. Ashley Gurnari Checker as Checker. Jack Parshutich Billy as Billy.

Samii Ryan Amanda as Amanda. Mark Benginia Concierge as Concierge. Derek Cianfrance. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Dean Pereira and Cindy Heller Pereira are a young, working class married couple - Dean currently working as a painter, and Cindy working as a nurse in a medical clinic - with a young daughter named Frankie.

Despite their relatively tender ages, they are both ravaged by the life they've eked out together and by the experiences they've had leading into their marriage. Dean, a high school drop out, comes from a broken home, where he never really had a mother figure.

He never saw himself getting married or having a family despite falling in love at first sight with Cindy. He doesn't have any professional ambition beyond his current work - which he enjoys since he feels he can knock off a beer at 8 o'clock in the morning without it affecting his work - although Cindy believes he has so much more potential in life. Cindy also comes from a dysfunctional family, with her own mother and father not setting an example of a harmonious married or family life.

One of her previous serious relationships was with Bobby Ontario, that relationship which has a profound affect on many aspects of her marriage to Dean. Dean and Cindy head off on an overnight getaway together without Frankie, the getaway which may provide a clearer picture if their marriage can survive its many issues.

Rated R on appeal for strong graphic sexual content, language, and a beating. Did you know Edit. Trivia When filming the argument scenes, director Derek Cianfrance gave instructions to Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling individually, without the knowledge of the other, in order to create more tension between Dean and Cindy. For Williams, Cianfrance would instruct her to try to leave the room, use any way to break out of the argument with Gosling, etc.

For Gosling, Cianfrance would tell him to use any means to persuade, get Williams attention, etc. Gosling stated it was a new and interesting process as it became a tug game on set. Goofs All the cars driven by the actors had Pennsylvania license plates on the front. That is inaccurate, since in Pennsylvania you only get one license plate, which goes on the back. Quotes Dean : In my experience, the prettier a girl is, the more nuts she is, which makes you insane.

Crazy credits The initial credits, showing major cast and crew, play over a montage of stills from the film and clips of fireworks. User reviews Review. For the sake of their daughter, Frankie, they've got to make it work, and stop witnessing their tattered life and their deteriorating marriage dismantle before their very eyes; nevertheless, how did it all start? When did Dean and Cindy's youthful passion and their sacred vows of eternal love and devotion give way to misery, broken promises, and the end of intimacy?

But, above all, how can two ardent lovers grow apart? Sign In. Edit Blue Valentine Jump to: Summaries 3 Synopsis 1. The synopsis below may give away important plot points. Getting Started Contributor Zone ».