For Ellen

Name: For Ellen
Genre: Drama
Released: 2012-09-19
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Paul Dano, Margarita Levieva, Jon Heder

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

A struggling musician takes an overnight long-distance drive in order to fight his estranged wife for custody of their young daughter.

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A struggling musician takes an overnight long-distance drive in order to fight his estranged wife for custody of their young daughter.A struggling musician takes an overnight long-distance drive in order to fight his estranged wife for custody of their young daughter.A struggling musician takes an overnight long-distance drive in order to fight his estranged wife for custody of their young daughter.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations

Trivia
So Yong Kim's previous films,In Between Days (2006)andNa-moo-eobs-neun san (2008),both dealt with the repercussions of having absentee fathers. Here, she tackles a similar subject but this time from the point of view of the absentee father himself.

Quotes
Fred Butler:Um, well, I have some bad news... but/and good news. What would you like to hear first?
Joby Taylor:Umm... bad news.
Fred Butler:O-okay. So I spoke with Mr. Hamilton and explained your situation and what you want, and... he said no to your request.
Joby Taylor:Okay.
Fred Butler:There's more. He surmises that if you continue to drag this on, because, um... uh, you were supposed to sign today, and, uh... He said if you don't sign by tomorrow, they WILL take you to court.
Joby Taylor:Okay, and that, uh... affects the settlement money, right?
Fred Butler:Then there's no settlement deal.
Joby Taylor:Okay, so what's the good news?
Fred Butler:Well, um... my mom was wondering if you can come over for dinner.

Connections
ReferencesFive Easy Pieces(1970)

Soundtracks
Für Elise
Written byLudwig van Beethoven
As performed byShaylena Mandigo
Arrangement used by permission of MakingMusicFin.net
A Wave Music Studio Company

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Review

Featured review

10/10

for ellen

I was intrigued most of the movie,,Just wondering when something was going to give this movies a spark. I am a big fan of So Yong Kim,,Then all of a sudden pops in Ellen (shaylena mandigo)....Movie saver bigtime....This little girl is going to have a big future ahead of her,,,Excellent film,,,My hats off to So and the cast,,,,Paul Dano and John Heder work very well together in this movie..The music in the bar scene and the toy store scene were my favorite parts,,,Watching Paul and Shaylena work together as an adult child team was excellent....Overall I was extremely impressed with the movie and look forward to more of So Yong Kims work,,,I would rate For Ellen her best movie yet followed by Treeless Mountain,,,,She is an inspiration to all.