Despite the hype surrounding this limited-release, originally rated NC-17 for [gasp] "emotional sex" scenes, Blue Valentine lacks a lot. Most notably, Ryan Gosling's hair and his sex appeal were both MIA. He looked like David Arquette times 10, drunk and humorless. Ever since the Notebook, he's served as my No. 1 celebrity crush, but I just can't delete his receding hairline, chain smoking and terrible tattoo of "The Giving Tree" from my mind. A lover, not a fighter, I was hoping for somekind of love story or at least something w/Ryan ripping off his shirt in the rain. But nope, a solid 95% of this movie involves fighting, drinking, arguing, awkwardly forced sex, violence, and lots of fighting. It's a poor mix of 500 Days of Summer and The Break-Up.