Synopsis
In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing. Then Mason meets Danny, a sensitive and troubled girl, and their tender bond is soon tested after a fatal accident and a series of complications takes Mason away for something he didn't do.
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Cast
- Vincent KartheiserMason Mullich
- Taryn ManningDanny Voss
- Arliss HowardLuke Mullich
- Mare WinninghamLayla Mullich
- Michelle ForbesMrs. Voss
Recommendations
- 88
TV Guide Magazine
First-time director Mark Milgard displays enormous promise and a surprisingly sensitive touch with this beautifully rendered tragedy. - 80
Film Threat
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. - 80
Variety
A perceptive character drama both delicate and tragic. - 60
Village Voice
Atmosphere trumps plot throughout, enabling the movie to survive an unfortunate, if inevitable, final-act turn. - 50
New York Daily News
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. - 50
The New York Times
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. - 38
New York Post
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.