For Ellen (2012)

Cast: Paul Dano, Jon Heder, Jena Malone, Margarita Leveiva, Shaylena Mandigo

Director: So Yong Kim

Running Time: 93 min.

Synopsis: With a directorial voice as consistent as that of any current American independent filmmaker, So Yong Kim takes what could have been routine story elements and transforms them into something deeply sad and touching in "For Ellen." As a struggling rocker making a last-ditch attempt to gain shared custody of his daughter, Paul Dano delivers a beautifully wrought performance in a different key from any of his previous roles.