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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary Aspiring rock star Joby Taylor has wanted nothing more than to “make it”, having flirted with fame but never crossed over into true success. In the midst of a low period in his life, he agrees to sign divorce papers with his estranged wife in order to see money from the sale of their home, only to discover that by signing the papers, he...

Directed By: So Yong Kim

Written By: So Yong Kim

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Tribeca Films
  • 1 h 34 m

For Ellen

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Aspiring rock star Joby Taylor has wanted nothing more than to “make it”, having flirted with fame but never crossed over into true success. In the midst of a low period in his life, he agrees to sign divorce papers with his estranged wife in order to see money from the sale of their home, only to discover that by signing the papers, he...

Directed By: So Yong Kim

Written By: So Yong Kim

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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7% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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91
Sep 1, 2012
Nobody else could fit the role of a crestfallen rocker that Paul Dano embodies in director So Yong Kim's remarkable For Ellen.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
88
Oct 17, 2012
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.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 1, 2012
So Yong Kim's direction remains ruminative, even poetic, in its pacing, its sense of place, and its approach to intimacy, but this is her most unsuitable script.
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60
Sep 6, 2012
In a film that deliberately recalls 1970's "Five Easy Pieces," Dano's performance as a lost dreamer running from adulthood resonates beautifully.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
58
Sep 6, 2012
The drama is so minimalist that it's hard to glimpse the man behind the woe.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 4, 2012
Rather than finding an interesting, resonant ambiguity in his experience, Ms. Kim and Mr. Dano settle for a kind of suggestive vagueness, losing the thread of their character in the snow, steam and cigarette smoke that provide the film's main visual motif and perhaps also its dominant metaphor.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
25
Sep 7, 2012
Sundance Mopey Alienation Flick No. 4,228 is For Ellen, an empty angst-athon that proves 90 minutes of close-ups of Paul Dano looking wounded can be even less interesting than it sounds.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Deerjen Films, RCR Media Group
Release Date Sep 5, 2012
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/forellenmovie
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Awards

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Deauville Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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