Dean repeatedly tries to seduce Cindy but ....
Blue Valentine is a 2010 American
romantic drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance. Cianfrance, Cami
Delavigne, and Joey Curtis wrote the film, and the band Grizzly Bear scored it.
Blue Valentine depicts a married couple, played by Michelle Williams and Ryan
Gosling, shifting back and forth in time between their courtship and the
dissolution of their marriage several years later.
The film received critical acclaim and Williams was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, while Gosling received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.
The film is presented in a nonlinear
narrative, jumping between the beginning of Dean and Cindy's relationship and
their marriage several years later. The following is a linear summary of the
plot.
Dean is a hopeless-romantic high-school dropout, working for a moving company in Brooklyn. Cindy is an aspiring doctor studying pre-med while living with her bickering parents and caring for her grandmother in Pennsylvania. She is dating a fellow student named Bobby and one day, the two have intercourse where he ejaculates inside her without her consent. This causes an angered Cindy to break up with him. Some time later, while Dean is delivering furniture to a nursing home in Pennsylvania, he runs into Cindy, who is visiting her grandmother. He gives her his number but she never calls; however, they coincidentally meet again on a bus and begin dating shortly afterwards.
After discovering their relationship,
a jealous Bobby violently assaults Dean. Cindy finds out she is pregnant and
tells Dean he is unlikely to be the father. She opts for an abortion but
changes her mind during the procedure. Dean then comforts and reassures her
that they can raise the child together. Cindy and Dean soon get married.
Five years later, the couple lives in
rural Pennsylvania with their daughter, Frankie, and family dog, Megan. Cindy
is now a nurse at a clinic where her boss, Dr. Feinberg, had just offered her
to join him at his new clinic in the near future. Meanwhile, Dean, unambitious
and struggling with alcohol, paints houses for a living. After having gone
missing due to Cindy leaving a gate unlocked, Megan is found dead by the
roadside which further strains the couple's marriage. Despite Cindy's
reluctance, Dean insists on a romantic getaway at a motel to relax and rekindle
their relationship. Stopping by a liquor store, Cindy has an awkward encounter
with Bobby, which causes an ensuing argument in the car between her and Dean.
At the motel, Dean repeatedly tries to seduce Cindy but she rebuffs him. Frustrated with Dean's lack of ambition, she questions him during dinner which leads to another argument. The two make up and get drunk but Cindy is displeased when Dean asks if she wants to have another child with him. They start fighting again and she locks him outside the bedroom. Early in the morning, Cindy is unexpectedly called in for work. She takes the car and leaves a note for Dean. At the clinic, Dr. Feinberg recommends that Cindy get an apartment near the new clinic instead of moving her family, suggesting that they could keep each other company if she is lonely which visibly upsets Cindy.
Back at the motel, an annoyed Dean
finds the note and shows up drunk at the clinic where he has another heated
argument with Cindy. Dean punches Dr. Feinberg when he tries to intervene who
then fires Cindy and kicks them both out. While leaving, Cindy demands a
divorce making Dean throw away his wedding ring but they both attempt to look
for it later. Back at her parents' house, Dean tries to persuade Cindy to give the
marriage another chance for Frankie. Cindy says she doesn't want Frankie to
grow up with parents who despise each other like she did. After Dean reminds
Cindy of their vows, they both apologize and hug but she pulls away. Dean
leaves the house while Frankie runs after him and begs him to stay. He tricks
her to return to Cindy and then, continues walking away. The film ends with
photos of Dean and Cindy in the early stages of their romance.
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