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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxFirst-time director Mark Milgard displays enormous promise and a surprisingly sensitive touch with this beautifully rendered tragedy.
- 80Film ThreatFilm ThreatThe 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.
- 80VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasA perceptive character drama both delicate and tragic.
- 60Village VoiceJoshua LandVillage VoiceJoshua LandAtmosphere trumps plot throughout, enabling the movie to survive an unfortunate, if inevitable, final-act turn.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanLike 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.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenSo 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.
- 38New York PostNew York PostIt'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.