Dandelion

Name: Dandelion
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: July 12, 2024
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Akil Jackson, Erin Reardon, Jen Ryan, Jenny McManus, KiKi Layne

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IFC Films | Release Date: July 12, 2024 | NR

Starring: Akil Jackson, Erin Reardon, Jen Ryan, Jenny McManus, KiKi Layne, Melanie Nicholls-King, Thomas Doherty, Tom O'Brien, Venny Sanchez, Visionz2turnt

Summary: A singer-songwriter in a downward spiral takes a last effort gig at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota where she meets Casey, a guitarist who walked away from his dream long ago.

Director: Nicole Riegel

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: NR

Runtime: 113 min

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Robert Daniels

Jul 12, 2024

The unguarded authenticity of this film shifts its simple story away from any banality towards being a revealing narrative which celebrates the creative spirit and ponders the invisibility of Blackness. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Jul 12, 2024

The evocative visuals here sing in unison with the characters’ yearning to fulfill the promise of their lifelong dreams. They are chasing a glimmer of light before twilight. Read full review

Dan Lybarger

Jul 30, 2024

It’s one thing for a movie to have a good soundtrack. It’s even better if the filmmakers know something about how music is made. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jul 12, 2024

The story of a young singer-songwriter who’s stuck in a nowhere loop until she takes an impulsive leap, the feature is sometimes clunky but often quietly transporting. Read full review

Jesse Hassenger

Jul 15, 2024

In taking care to depict as much disappointment and frustration as heedless creative joy, the movie shunts some of Dandelion’s breakthroughs off-screen. It ends with a triumph that almost seems unaware of the degree to which Dandelion’s story hasn’t quite figured itself out. Read full review

Ty Burr

Jul 12, 2024

When Dandelion is wholly inside her music — performing or composing or even idly picking out melodies while sitting beneath a city bridge — she carries her own magic hour inside her, and the refusal of the rest of the world to see it is what’s wearing her down. “Dandelion” is the story of how she gets her groove back, and only the star’s gift of presence keeps it from floating off on the breeze. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

Jul 11, 2024

The story, alas, is colorless and flat: a terribly earnest picture of two sad people looking for somebody or something to jump-start their battery. Read full review

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