Blue Valentine -2010-2010 Patched

Upon release, Blue Valentine made headlines for receiving an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, seemingly due to an emotionally intense (and realistic) sex scene between the couple. The rating threatened to doom the film's commercial viability.

One spring, after a fight about money that dissolved into something meaner and older, Dean went to the city bar and found a warm crowd and a jukebox that played slow songs. He met someone who remembered his jokes and pretended his future could be different. For a while he told himself the new laughter was a bridge back to himself. Cindy found solace in late-night shifts and the steady hum of work; she learned to bury anger under efficiency. They both learned small acts of erasure: deleting texts, leaving cups unwashed on purpose, telling friends that everything was fine. Blue Valentine -2010-2010