For Ellen
Metascore
61 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Oct 17, 2012
    88
    This performance, unlike anything Paul Dano has ever done, must have required some courage. It requires an actor to cast aside all conceits of performance, presence, charisma and even timing.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    Oct 18, 2012
    90
    A small but exquisite film, beautifully observed and impeccably executed. Written and directed by So Yong Kim, it shows a different side of an actor we thought we knew and reveals unexpected aspects of a character who turns out to be not as familiar as he seems.
  3. indieWIRE
    Reviewed by: Eric Kohn
    Sep 1, 2012
    91
    Nobody else could fit the role of a crestfallen rocker that Paul Dano embodies in director So Yong Kim's remarkable For Ellen.

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