Movies starring Paul Dano

Too Young to Be a Dad (2002)

96 mins     Drama, TV Movie      

Movie Review - Too Young to Be a Dad (2002) (aka: A Family's Decision) Paul Dano stars as Matt, a teenager who decides to take responsibility for his actions when after losing his virginity learns the girl he slept with is pr...

The Girl Next Door (2004)

108 mins     Comedy, Drama, Romance      

A teenage boy discovers the girl next door who he is in love with is in fact a porn star, if that doesn't sound like an ideal set up for a teen sex comedy I don't know what will. The irony is that whilst "The Girl Next Door" ...

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

101 mins     Comedy, Drama      

You could say that "Little Miss Sunshine" is a road trip movie with all the bumps and issues which befall this sort of movie. But where as many road trip movies are out and out comedies "Little Miss Sunshine" is more quirky, ...

There Will Be Blood (2007)

158 mins     Drama, Thriller      

I'm not surprised that "There Will Be Blood" won 2 Oscars; I am surprised it didn't win more despite being nominated several times. There is no other way to put it "There Will Be Blood" is truly a magnificent movie, engaging,...

Meek's Cutoff (2010)

104 mins     Western      

"Meek's Cutoff" is the type of movie that big critics tend to love, I'm not privy to their reasons but part of me wonders whether because it is so different too mainstream cinema that it is like a breath of fresh air. And tha...

Knight and Day (2010)

109 mins     Action , Comedy      

I like action movies, I like comedy movies but very few action comedies have really wowed me or wowed me enough to leave much of a lasting impression. It comes down to balance because either the comedy is too forced or the ac...

Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

119 mins     Action , Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western      

Cowboys & Aliens (2011) Daniel Craig stars as Jake Lonergan, a cowboy suffering amnesia, but he soon finds himself rediscovering his gun skills when he joins forces with Colonel Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford) to take on alien inva...

Looper (2012)

119 mins     Action , Crime, Sci-Fi      

Rian Johnson who both wrote and directed "Looper" is a man with some fascinating ideas which seriously suck you in. The trouble is that trying to bring all those ideas together is a difficult job and in truth I don't think th...

Ruby Sparks (2012)

104 mins     Comedy, Fantasy      

Ruby Sparks: Paul Dano stars as Calvin a writer who finds the woman he has dreamt and write about has come to life....

Prisoners (2013)

153 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery      

Okay so "Prisoners" is two and a half hours long and I can break things down to a few sentences as on one hand we have Keller Dover who is willing to some seriously extreme things to try and find out where his daughter is, br...

12 Years a Slave (2013)

134 mins     Biography, Drama      

I can't remember the last time I watched a movie which came in over 2 hours where time just flew past. It is a sensation which comes from a collective of right things and "12 Years a Slave" is a collective of those right thin...