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01/26/06
Dune (1984)
63 %
Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 15 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins
Synopsis: David Lynch's baroque rendering of Frank Herbert's detailed, complex, and deliberately paced epic science-fiction novel is a muddled but visually stunning affair. It's 10991, and the desert planet Dune has been taken over by the Harkonnens, oppressive conquerors who desire the precious... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, José Ferrer, Linda Hunt, Francesca Annis, Sting
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01/15/08
If you think David Lynch is the Kwisatz Haderach, baby, have I got a movie for you.
02/22/06
Flashy special effects at the time still hold up decently today. Originally, the film was shown theatrically with a hand out that gives you definitions and background information. Before watching the film, it help if you brush up on the Hebert world by
03/14/05
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.
10/23/04
Top Critic
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.
05/20/03
Top Critic
Muddled and confusing; you need a scorecard and history book to separate the players and who belongs to what faction. Some nice sequences, though, almost compensate for the shortcomings.
05/01/03
let us contrast the Sci-Fi channel's unholy debacle with Lynch's masterpiece . . . Game, set, and match, to David Lynch . . . When will they learn to leave well enough alone?
03/20/03
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