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  • 2005
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  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2005
  • R
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary In his feature debut, director/co-writer Mark Milgard delivers a powerfully authentic look at young love and a poetic exploration of how love - romantic, filial, platonic - frees and heals. (Ruth Pictures)

Directed By: Mark Milgard

Written By: Robbie C. Williamson, Richard Murphy, Mark Milgard

  • 2005
  • R
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2005
  • R
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 34 m

Dandelion

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
62
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
4.6
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Summary In his feature debut, director/co-writer Mark Milgard delivers a powerfully authentic look at young love and a poetic exploration of how love - romantic, filial, platonic - frees and heals. (Ruth Pictures)

Directed By: Mark Milgard

Written By: Robbie C. Williamson, Richard Murphy, Mark Milgard

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
62
43% Positive
3 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
14% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
62
43% Positive
3 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review

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88
First-time director Mark Milgard displays enormous promise and a surprisingly sensitive touch with this beautifully rendered tragedy.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
80
A perceptive character drama both delicate and tragic.
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW
80
The two young leads--Vincent Kartheiser and Taryn Manning--bring a sense of reality to their roles. This combines with Milgard’s direction and choice of backdrops to make Dandelion an unassuming journey.
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60
Atmosphere trumps plot throughout, enabling the movie to survive an unfortunate, if inevitable, final-act turn.
By Joshua Land FULL REVIEW
50
So much care has been taken to build a mood of hushed suspense that the rushed, tragic conclusion, in which too little is shown and too little explained, leaves you deeply unsatisfied.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
50
Like its troubled protagonists, Mark Milgard's ultra-sensitive ode to adolescent angst is equal parts earnest and awkward. Should you happen to be a 15-year-old girl, you'll adore it.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
38
It's easy to spot a failed tearjerker, though: All the characters are sobbing all over each other while the people in the audience check their watches.
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Production Company Ballistic Media Group, Ruth Pictures LLC
Release Date Oct 7, 2005
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Everything begins somewhere.
Website http://www.dandelionthemovie.com/
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Awards

RiverRun International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Micheaux Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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