Little invested in characters of 'Blue Valentine'

What do we want, expect, from love? The big question is addressed – if not fully answered, as if it could ever be – in this examination of the birth and death of the marriage of Dean (Gosling) and Cindy (Williams) who, like all of us, begin the journey with high hopes and end it with shattered illusions.

Director: Derek Cianfrance

Cast: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams