Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine is an offbeat romantic drama with Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams taking the lead roles. It is set in both the present day, where you can witness their suffering marriage, and also at the beginning of their relationship, where you can see how in love they are.

The film starts with you seeing the present day family, and the roles that they play within the family. So you see that Dean (Gosling) is the fun parent and Cindy (Williams) is the stern parent. The next major part is when the film flicks back in Dean’s life. You see him working and the kind of person that he used to be. When we flick back in Cindy’s life we see that her family was broken and she doted on her grandmother, who is basically the reason that she meets Dean, it is sweet and kind of makes your heart melt. We see their marriage falling apart though; she no longer loves him, and definitely wants no physical connection with him, although she is completely faithful. All the while, he still loves her but picks arguments for no reason and makes her feel like shit. Then we realise that Frankie isn’t even his daughter…

The film is very offbeat and this is probably the reason that I like it so much. It was really well written and depicts a real life situation. Whether you like this type of film or not, it makes you think about the issues it looks at (for lack of a better word). After watching this I realised that I had no faith in marriage and that having a family means that your life is over. This is basically because once you have a spouse and/or a child, your life ends because you have to make money (doing something that you like or not) to make ends meet so that they can have a good life.

This film basically has a moral; don’t have a family, because it will ruin you. I really enjoyed this film. It is genuine and not a piece of shit, run-of-the-mill romantic drama. Whether you like romance or not, this is a film to watch.