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Dakota Fanning - news / articles


  • Fanning linked to Wizard of Oz sequel - 24 August 2009
    -Dakota Fanning is tipped to star in a sequel to The Wizard Of Oz, according to reports.- -The 15 year old star of Charlotte's Web and War of the Worlds is set to take the lead in a follow-up to the classic 1939 movie that shot Judy Garland to fame.- - The film's produ


  • Evans couldn't stop swearing around young Fanning - 10 February 2009
    -Actor Chris Evans struggled to restrain himself from swearing in front of teenage star Dakota Fanning while shooting new movie Push - because she's mature beyond her years.- -The Fantastic Four star admits he turned the air blue on more than one occasion during filming


  • Fanning is Hollywood's top female - 9 August 2005
    Dakota Fanning, the 11 year-old actress, is said to be the most powerful female performer in Hollywood, according to Entertainment Weekly magazine.-She is judged to be the most powerful on the basis that the 12 films she has made in the last four years have taken £

Dakota Fanning - what members say


  • I Am Sam
  • I Am Sam review by from RIDDRIE
    Rated - 5 stars 18 April 2004
    ...Sean Penn. This is one of the most touching films I have seen in a long time. Dakota Fanning's portrayal of Penn's daughter is stunning, she is one to keep an eye on in the...  
  • Taken
  • Taken review by A customer from North Yorkshire, England
    Rated - 5 stars Purely Excellent!!! 31 December 2003
    ...ing and you just can't stop there! P.S. I don't often compliment actors, but Dakota Fanning who plays the little girl in the last few episodes is brilliant....  
  • The Cat In The Hat
  • The Cat In The Hat review by from milton keynes
    Rated - 5 stars rent it ....... you know you want to !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 November 2004
    ...truely nauseating in that precocious way that American child actors seem to be. Dakota Fanning (nice name!) in particular made my skin crawl !! Alec Baldwin was a little hamm...  

Dakota Fanning - filmography


  • Coraline on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Dakota Fanning,  Teri Hatcher,  Dawn French
    Director: Henry Selick,  Mike Cachuela,  Pete Kozachik
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Coraline Jones is a girl of 11 who is feisty, curious, and adventurous beyond her years. She and her parents have just relocated from Michigan to Oregon. Missing her friends and finding her parents to be distracted by their work, Coraline tries to find some excitement in her new environment. She is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 2,206 members
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  • Fragments on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Marshall Allman,  Kate Beckinsale,  Dakota Fanning
    Director: Rowan Woods
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A moment of random violence erupts in an ordinary Los Angeles diner. The survivors find that the meanings of their lives have changed. No matter how much their families and friends attempt to understand, these individuals must follow their own paths to recovery seeking to regain trust in a world ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 321 members
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  • War Of The Worlds on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Justin Chatwin,  Dakota Fanning
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    While Martian war machines appear across the globe, the horror of the assault is depicted through the eyes of one American family who refuse to give up the fight for survival. Steven Spielberg retells H. G. Wells' seminal science fiction classic.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 93,148 members
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  • Dreamer on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Kurt Russell,  Dakota Fanning,  Kris Kristofferson
    Director: John Gatins
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Featuring Dakota Fanning (Cale Crane) as the catalyst behind an injured horse's comeback attempt to win the prized Breeder's Cup. Sonador, nicknamed Sonya, is a great horse owned by a small man, who after a severe injury gives the horse to trainer Ben Crane (Kurt Russell). Once a great trainer, Ben ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 8,303 members
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  • The Cat In The Hat on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Mike Myers,  Alec Baldwin,  Kelly Preston
    Director: Bo Welch
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this bright and happy film, set in a colourful make-believe world, Mike Myers (Austin Powers) plays the wily talking cat with plans to brighten up an otherwise very dull day for two lucky children. Sister and brother, Sally and Conrad, are forced to pass a rainy afternoon with their crotchety ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 13,116 members
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  • Man On Fire on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Denzel Washington,  Dakota Fanning,  Marc Anthony
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Remorseful former mercenary-turned-bodyguard Creasy (Denzel Washington) is hired by a wealthy family to protect their 10-year-old daughter, Pita (Dakota Fanning), from a rash of Mexico City kidnappings. But when the child he befriends is kidnapped while under his watch, Creasy - aided by his only ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 84,572 members
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  • Uptown Girls on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Brittany Murphy,  Dakota Fanning,  Marley Shelton
    Director: Boaz Yakin
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Brittany Murphy and Dakota Fanning star in this charming romp about a young woman and a young girl who are thrust together against the odds but ultimately teach each other something about life and love. Murphy is Molly Gunn, a rock and roll princess whose father was a famous music legend. She lives ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 5,878 members
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  • I Am Sam on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer,  Sean Penn,  Laura Dern
    Director: Jessie Nelson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Actor Sean Penn displays another facet of his versatility as the title character of this inspirational tearjerker--a mentally handicapped father fighting for custody of his young daughter (Dakota Fanning). The child welfare board of his native Santa Monica has taken her from him, worried that at ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 6,877 members
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  • Hounddog
    Starring: Dakota Fanning,  Piper Laurie,  David Morse
    Director: Deborah Kampmeier
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In rural Alabama in the late 1950s, a spirited young girl, Lewellen, struggles to rise above the repression that surrounds her. Lewellen lives with her stern religious zealot grandmother, Grammie, but spends most of her time down the hill with her much-adored Daddy in his falling down shack. Daddy ..read more »
    Rate this: 5 stars out of 5 95% from 4 members
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Dakota Fanning facts

5 most recent films

Coraline - 3.5 stars
Coraline - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Push - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Push - 3.0 stars
Fragments - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Man On Fire - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Coraline - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Coraline - 3.5 stars
The Secret Life of Bees - 3.5 stars
Man On Fire - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

In the Realms of the Unreal - 3.0 stars
Hounddog - 5.0 stars
Fragments - 2.5 stars
The Cat In The Hat - 2.5 stars
Hide And Seek - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Joel Gretsch - 3 times - show films
Robert Bailey Jr. - 2 times - show films
Chris Evans - 2 times - show films
Denzel Washington - 2 times - show films
Jennifer Saunders - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Henry Selick - 2 times - show films
Pete Kozachik - 2 times - show films
Tony Scott - 2 times - show films
Paul McGuigan - 2 times - show films
Mike Cachuela - 2 times - show films