Dandelion is a 2004 drama film directed and co-written by Mark Milgard and stars Vincent Kartheiser, Blake Heron, Taryn Manning, Arliss Howard, and Mare Winningham.
In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16-year-old Mason Mullich lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing.
Mason's father is a local politician running for office and is stern, and somewhat abusive towards his family, while his mother is submissive and dutiful, albeit unstable.
"[2] In addition, Foundas praised the cinematography by Tim Orr, writing "the frames of Dandelion are suffused with supernal blood red-orange sunsets and heavenly shadows making their way across great expanses of untouched land.
"[2] Ken Fox of TV Guide also reviewed the film positively, writing it has "a surprisingly sensitive touch", and concluding, "There's nothing particularly earth-shattering about this gentle drama — there are no shocking revelations, no sudden explosions of violence — but Milgard has an unerring sense for the quietly dramatic.