Rotten
The problem is that the imagery isn't rooted in any story impulse, and so its power dissipates quickly.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Dune
A world beyond your experience, beyond your imagination.
1984 · 2h 17m · PG-13
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
David Lynch
Overview
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
Director and cast
- David Lynch Director
- Kyle MacLachlan as Paul Usul Muad'Dib Atreides
- Francesca Annis as Lady Jessica
- Patrick Stewart as Gurney Halleck
- Linda Hunt as Shadout Mapes
- José Ferrer as Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV
- Freddie Jones as Thufir Hawat
- Brad Dourif as Piter De Vries
- Richard Jordan as Duncan Idaho
- Virginia Madsen Cast
- Silvana Mangano Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
35%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Dune is a huge, hollow, imaginative and cold sci-fi epic.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
Most sci-fi movies offer escape, a holiday from homework, but Dune is as difficult as a final exam. You have to cram for it.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Rotten
This movie is a real mess, an incomprehensible, ugly, unstructured, pointless excursion into the murkier realms of one of the most confusing screenplays of all time.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Several of the characters in Dune are psychic, which puts them in the unique position of being able to understand what goes on in the movie.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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