Blue Valentine
Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: December 29, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 42 Critic Reviews
Positive:
35
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Boxoffice MagazineRay GreeneDec 20, 2010
The kind of grim, character-based movie that needs a strong performer to anchor it. Director Derek Cianfrance has been fortunate enough to land two: Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling. Read full review
50
Portland OregonianMarc MohanJan 14, 2011
It wallows in misery so much that the two-hour experience ends up being about as much fun as a real divorce. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisJan 6, 2011
All the movie's good style goes to waste on a not terribly compelling conceit and loosely sketched characters. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerDec 30, 2010
The film's time structure is splintered into shards of past and present, which is probably just as well – a strictly narrative chronology would make this wallow seem even sloggier. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. ScottDec 29, 2010
Cindy and Dean remain, for all their sustained agony and flickering joy, something less than completely realized human beings. Mr. Cianfrance's ingenious chronological gimmick, coupled with his anxious, clumsy plotting, leaves them without enough oxygen to burst into breathing, loving life. Read full review
50
Village VoiceKarina LongworthDec 28, 2010
Even when transparently plumbing for depth, Cianfrance's film is frustratingly surface-bound in ways that reflect, if not out-and-out misogyny, then at least a lack of interest in imbuing his female character with the rich interior life and complicated morality he gives his male lead. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeDec 21, 2010
Ultimately, the heavy-handed and annoyingly obvious aesthetic wears thin. Read full review
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