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DVD: Blue Valentine, For retail & rental (Optimum)

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are shockingly good in this heart-breaking indie drama about the beginning and end of a relationship.

Cutting between two time periods, the film shows the pair as flirty young lovers who have more twinkly charm than a dozen rom-coms, but also as an irritable married couple who can no longer keep their frustrations in check. Very few films feature such a believable, rounded relationship.

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