Review of Ask the Dust (2006) by Sugeiny T — 17 Mar 2007

I thought it was going to be better... I got bored with it actually...

This review of Ask the Dust (2006) was written by Sugeiny T on 17 Mar 2007.

Ask the Dust has generally received mixed reviews.

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Slow adaptation, it deserved better actors. The relationship is not played out to the extent it needed to be…

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By Scott Foundas (913) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 28 Nov 2010

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By Ozan D (1) on 05 Sep 2011

Ask the dust is one of my favourite book. but the movie.. not good, actually sucks. anyway it was good to see salma's boobs…

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