Filmmaker Nicole Riegel’s stilted sophomore romantic drama offers a familiar look at two struggling musicians creating and collaborating.
The title of writer-director Nicole Riegel ’s Dandelion suggests it’s an allegorical tale about a sprouting seedling carried on a once-in-a-lifetime journey along a soft, gentle breeze. Instead it’s focused on two strangers caught up in complicated circumstances that pit head against heart. One is the eponymous woman seeking one last shot as a singer-songwriter, the other is a man desperately yearning to recapture his past dreams of music stardom.
We’re further immersed in these musicians’ world through the sound design, which oscillates from softly reflective during vulnerable moments where the focus is solely between the singers and their music to caustic surround sound where the scope widens to include roaring applause or rude reactions. Riegel keeps us dialed into Dandelion’s psyche as we hear her open-hearted lyrics battle against the noise of rowdy crowds in her hometown bar and at the rally.
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