The Dandelions (2012) poster
2012 · family · comedy

The Dandelions

Directed by Carine Tardieu1h 29m2012
ElsewhereIMDb6.71k
  • cosy
  • measured
  • gentle
  • tender
  • intimate
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Cosy, measured, gentle family / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A young girl is frustrated by her over-protective mom. At school, she meets another fearless little girl that is going to have a big influence on her.

Our read · The Dandelions (2012) reads as a cosy, measured, grounded family · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a gentle French tale of two girls' friendship transforming a shy child.

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 12attention 2/5breezes bysubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightYou want action, adult themes or dislike stories about children.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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