Futhi, abadali bemidwebo kumuntu womqondisi we-Derek Chianfrans kanye nomkhiqizi uJamie Patrirituli bazwakalise intukuthelo. Engxoxweni ne-E! Online, umkhiqizi osetshenziswe ukufana phakathi kweBlue Valentine namanye amaphrojekthi asanda kukhishwa: "Ngibuke" ama-cranks "futhi ngimangazwe yiNtabuko okubonisa ukuthi ngabe mina Ufuna indodakazi yami engu-15 ye-15 innesing yabona le filimu - angifuni. Kepha kuthiwani nge- "Blue Valentine"? Angicabangi ukuthi lo msebenzi ngabe ulimele nganoma iyiphi indlela. Ukudlwengulwa Ngempela nokubulala osemusha oneminyaka engu-13 ubudala "amathambo amahle" kufanelekile ukukalwa kwe-PG-13 (Izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-13 zivunyelwe kwifilimu kuphela nabazali)? ".
Kodwa-ke, inkinga ukuthi ngokusebenzisa isikhalazo ekubuyekezweni kwesilinganiso, abadali abanalo ilungelo lokubhekisela kumidwebo beqembu lesithathu, ngakho-ke i-valentine yefilimu "eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka" ayihlosile ukusika isikhafu sokunciphisa isilinganiso. "Konke kuzosala njengokuthi," umkhiqizi wa- gcizelela.