One terrific movie you may have heard of, but probably have not seen is “Blue Valentine”. It’s a very realistic drama that is bringing some very high praise to its two stars, Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling. All the accolades they are getting is very well deserved and look for them both to be showing up on Oscar night as nominees in their respective categories. Ryan Gosling probably gives the best performance of his career in “Blue Valentine” so it’s perplexing to see him in “All Good Things” where he gives one of his worse performances.
The movie gets its inspiration from the real life case involving Robert Durst, who’s name was changed to David Marks (Gosling) for the movie, and the disappearance of his wife in 1982 Katie McCarthy (Kristen Dunst). David is the son of New York Real Estate tycoon Sanford Marks who is portrayed as a slum lord in the movie. David originally gets out from under his father’s thumb and starts a country store with Katie called All Good Things, but Sanford eventually lures his son back and into his crooked world. Over time David becomes more and more unstable. When Katie disappears without a trace, everyone assumed David murdered her, but there was not enough evidence to convict. The fact that David fled and spent his life as a cross dresser was not enough to do so either.
