- Science Fiction, Adventure
- 155 min
- PG-13
Rotten Tomatoes83%Metacritic74IMDb8.0
It begins.
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence - a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential - only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
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Character
Epic, grave, earnest and classical in form.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
Who loves it, who doesn't
19 profiled raters. Loved most by The Cartographers; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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Reviews
We read them all: the case for is cartographer_cy's, the case against is yuki.reads's. Marked below.
- cartographer_cyThe case forThe Cartographer★★★★★
The film's Arrakis is the first one that felt like a planet and not a set. Villeneuve shoots scale the way Herbert wrote it: slowly, and then all at once.
- yuki.readsThe case againstThe Empath★★★½
The book, not the film: the film is a very expensive trailer for it. Herbert's politics are a mess and the mess is the point. Read the appendices.
- marcus_mainlineThe Genre Devotee★★★★
Solid, and in places better than solid. The sheer scope of it is breathtaking. Straight-faced throughout, and all the stronger for it.
- kofi_kThe Cartographer★★★★★
The book is a machine for thinking about ecology and religion at once. Villeneuve's film understood the scale; the book understood the cost.
From the critics
A few lines from each review; the whole review is on the critic's site. Not part of Tastebuds's numbers.
- The GuardianXan BrooksSep 2021★★★★★Dune review – blockbuster cinema at its dizzying, dazzling best
Denis Villeneuve’s slow-burn space opera fuses the arthouse and the multiplex to create an epic of otherworldly brilliance
- The New York TimesManohla DargisOct 2021‘Dune’ Review: A Hero in the Making, on Shifting Sands
Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation is an equally sweeping and intimate take on Frank Herbert’s future-shock epic.
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Cast
- Timothée ChalametPaul Atreides
- Rebecca FergusonLady Jessica Atreides
- Oscar IsaacDuke Leto Atreides
- Jason MomoaDuncan Idaho
- Stellan SkarsgårdBaron Vladimir Harkonnen
- Stephen McKinley HendersonThufir Hawat
- Josh BrolinGurney Halleck
- Javier BardemStilgar
- Sharon Duncan-BrewsterDr. Liet Kynes
- Chang ChenDr. Wellington Yueh
Crew
- Denis VilleneuveDirector
- Eric RothScreenplay
- Denis VilleneuveScreenplay
- Jon SpaihtsScreenplay
- Frank HerbertNovel
- Greig FraserDirector of Photography
- Hans ZimmerOriginal Music Composer
- Joe WalkerEditor
- Cale BoyterProducer
- Mary ParentProducer
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Pairings
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