No fault on anyone's but Ryan Gosling SHOULD have been nominated and won the Academy Award for Lead Actor. He was brilliant from start to finish. Michelle did a fantastic job OF COURSE, but without Ryan as her acting partner her performance would've flopped. Leonardo DiCaprio could've been the only other person to do this movie.
I loved how Ryan who's BEAUTIFUL to look at (and a butt you can bounce a quarter off of) uglied himself up. Showing that sometimes in relationships you get so comfortable you let yourself go. And even ugly Ryan Gosling I'd still marry.
But all in all Michelle deserved her Academy Award nomination...but so did Ryan. And the story was sooooo real. LOVED IT!