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Blue Valentine

If you're not interested in what I have to say, then maybe I just shouldn't say...

Dean:
You're not gonna eat that?Cindy:Why don't you do something?Dean:What do you mean?Cindy:I don't know.Dean:What does that mean, "Why don't I do something?"Cindy:I don't know. Isn't there something you wanted to do? Isn't there something you wanna do?Dean:Like what?Cindy:I don't know. You're so good at so many things. You could do anything you wanted to do. You're good at everything that you do. Isn't there something else you wanna do?Dean:Than what? Than be your husband? Than being Frankie's dad? What do you want me to do? What-what-what... in your, like, dream scenario of me, like, doing what I'm good at, what would that be?Cindy:I don't know. I just... You're so good at so many things. You can do so many things. You have such capacity.Dean:For what?Cindy:I don't... You can sing, you can draw, you can...Cindy:dance.Dean: Listen, I didn't wanna be somebody's husband, okay? And I didn't wanna be somebody's dad. That wasn't my... goal in life. For some guys it is - wasn't mine. But somehow I've... it was what I wanted. I didn't know that. And it's all I wanna do. I don't want to do anything else. That's what I want to do. I work so I can do that.Cindy:I'd like to see you have a job where you don't have to start drinking at 8 o'clock, in the morning, to go to it.Dean:No, I have a job that I *can* drink at 8 o'clock in the morning. What a luxury, you know? I get up for work, I have a beer, I go to work, I paint somebody's house - they're excited about it. I come home, I get to be with you. What's... Like, this is the dream.Cindy:Doesn't it ever disappoint you?Dean:Why? Why would it disappoint me? I could still do whatever I could do.Cindy:Because you have all this potential.Dean:So what? Why do you have to fucking make money off your potential?Cindy:Look, I'm not even saying you have to make money off it. Do you miss it?Dean:What does potential mean? What does even potential mean? What does that mean, "potential"? Potential For what? To turn it into what?Cindy:We rarely sit down and have an adult conversation because every time we do... you take what I say and turn it around into something that I didn't mean. You just... twist it. Start blabbing. Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah.Dean:If you're not interested in what I have to say, then maybe I just shouldn't say anything.Cindy

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You're not gonna eat that
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Why don't you do something
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What do you mean
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I don't know
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What does that mean
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Why don't I do something Isn't there something you want to do
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There something you want to do
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Like what I don't know
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You're so good at so many things you could do anything you wanted to do
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you're good at everything that you do isn't there something else you wanna do
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Than what Than be your husband To be Frankie's dad
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What do you want me to do
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What In your like dream scenario
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of me like doing what I'm good at what would that be
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I don't know you're so good at so many things
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you can do so many things you have such capacity
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For what
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You can sing you can draw you can
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dance
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Listen I didn't wanna be somebody's husband
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OK
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And I didn't wanna be somebody's dad That wasn't my goal in life
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Some guys it is Wasn't mine
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But somehow I've It was what I wanted
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I didn't know that
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And it's all I wanna do I don't want to do anything else
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That's what I want to do I work so I can do that
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I'd like to see you have a job where you didn't have to start drinking
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at eight o'clock in the morning to go to it
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No I have a job that I can drink at eight o'clock in the morning
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What a luxury you know
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I get up for work I have a beer I go to work I paint somebody's house
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they're excited about it I come home I get to be with you
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What's like This is the dream
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It doesn't ever disappoint you
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Why Why would it disappoint me
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Because you have all this potential I could still do whatever I could do
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So what Why do you have to fucking make money off your potential
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Look I'm not even saying you have to make money off it
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Don't you miss it What does even potential mean
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What does that mean potential Potential for what
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To turn it into what
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We rarely sit down and have an adult conversation because every time we do
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you take what I say and you turn it around into something I didn't mean
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You just twist it
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Start blabbing blah blah blah blah blah
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If you're not interested in what I have to say
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then maybe I just shouldn't say anything
Available in 7 languages
Duration
161 seconds
Views
671
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:02
Uploaded
Mar 14, 2026
Genres
Production
Cottage Industries,Incentive Filmed Entertainment,Silverwood Films,Hunting Lane Films,Chrysler Corporation,Shade Pictures,Motel Movies

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Movie Summary

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

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