The PBS Masterpiece series charts a tumultuous 15-year relationship
What is it about doomed love that makes for a great story? It’s transporting to watch two people go through it, discovering that what they’ve always wanted is no longer sufficient, that they’ve changed, and—to their dismay—that the love of their life has changed, too. In Blue Valentine, Derek Cianfrance juxtaposed the exhilarating beginning and the crushing end of a six-year relationship.
They don’t factor in Alice and Jack’s alarming behavior or react in a way that might cause them to change it. As this takes place between 2007 and “Present Day” , the series often skips through time and, in so doing, either glosses over or outright omits character growth, not just for the leads, but for the seemingly important people in their lives. Paul is Jack’s typical rom-drama work buddy , quick with quips during their many outings .
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