Review of Ask the Dust (2006) by Troy L — 24 Apr 2008

Great design, interesting story, good acting. Just boring as hell.

This review of Ask the Dust (2006) was written by Troy L on 24 Apr 2008.

Ask the Dust has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Matthew F. J (1,288) on 30 Dec 2013

It's a nice film, well shot, with some amazing locations but somehow it feels a little too cheap and a bigger budget might have helped a little…

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By Robert Wilonsky (520) for Dallas Observer (1,128) on 17 Apr 2015

Farrell's performance possesses a touch too many mannerisms on loan from Tyrone Power and Clark Gable; you can almost hear the gears turning…

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By Oxana (286) on 27 Aug 2014

A story that in my opinion never really grew into any direction. I can echo with the difficulty of writing, but that was where it ended…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for Time (1,811) on 19 Nov 2017

Ask the Dust is the ghost of a cult novel; it can't bring itself to life…

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By Geanine H (24) on 25 Mar 2009

To be honest, I watched this because it's about an aspiring author who moves to the big city in pursuit of literary greatness, and also because…

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By Brad H (510) on 26 Apr 2013

Ask the Dust is a interesting film thanks to the good performances of Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell. Other than that, it fails on every other level…

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By Jeff B (2,998) on 11 Jan 2013

Enjoyable romance wherein Colin Farrell acts like a total jerk for no reason and Salma Hayek just accepts it because she's Mexican(…

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By Shanah B (3) on 04 Jan 2011

With those two, this movie should have been amazing…

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By Roger T (757) on 01 Feb 2012

As romances go, this was decent. The characters were really well done…

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By Kevin T (763) on 09 Aug 2009

Salma's good as usual, but I should've asked the dust how the filmmakers managed to generate no heat from its two otherwise smoldering stars…

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