Like Dandelion Dust

Like Dandelion Dust

Sometimes the greatest love is letting go.

Directed by Jon Gunn

Produced by lucky crow films, Downes Brothers Entertainment

2009100 min7.0 / 10

A tender, morally complex family drama about competing claims of love and belonging, centered on the painful question of what truly serves a child's best interests.

Rip Porter is sentenced to seven years in prison for beating his wife, Wendy. When he is released, he discovers that Wendy gave up their child, and the privileged Campbell family adopted him. The two families are soon in a legal battle for the child they both love.

Questions people ask

  • Is Like Dandelion Dust sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Like Dandelion Dust scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Like Dandelion Dust end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

  • Is Like Dandelion Dust easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Like Dandelion Dust violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

63/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity69

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise51

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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