Blue Valentine Movie Review By Movie Irv

Ryan Gosling has recently received critical praise for All Good Things (see Movie Irv’s review on our YouTube channel), while Michelle Williams enjoyed a stay on Shutter Island and recently wrapped work on a film in which she plays Marilyn Monroe. Now, the two indie-film darlings are paired up for Blue Valentine, an already-controversial drama that first received an NC-17 rating before winning the R on appeal. So, are we talking Last Tango in Paris…or Showgirls? Let’s check in with Movie Irv, who will not be working blue–nor unclothed!–to provide his appraisal…