One wants to give the benefit of the doubt to 'Dandelion,' a sweet, slight, impressionistic character study of a struggling musician with a luminous KiKi Layne at its center...But the parts are lovely enough to sustain the indulgent viewer.
Layne plays Dandelion, who when we meet her is strumming guitar and playing her delicate original songs to a restaurant bar clientele that couldn't be less interested... she's remained behind to care for an ailing mother (Melanie Nicholls-King), the latter pouring cold water on her daughter's future ambitions by reminding her that 'there's nothing cute about a 40-year-old troubadour.'
After one more argument, Dandelion impulsively gets in her car and drives west to South Dakota, where a biker festival is hosting a battle of the bands. Footsore and depressed, she connects with a friendly group of folk rockers...She's also drawn to the group's on-and-off collaborator, a lanky Scot named Casey (Thomas Doherty of 'Gossip Girl' and 'The Invitation').
And here is where 'Dandelion' becomes a curious and intermittently successful fusion of the 2007 Irish musical romantic drama 'Once' and a Terrence Malick movie. Casey and Dandelion meet...
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