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By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 20 Oct 2021

If Villeneuve's grand and epic take evokes any earlier cinematic vision of Dune, it would be the first failed take, which would have seen director…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 20 Oct 2021

For what we get, Dune: Part One is a great ride…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for The Associated Press (882) on 20 Oct 2021

With an immense sense of scale ranging from mosquito to (Jason) Momoa, Dune renders an age-old tale of palace intrigue and indigenous struggle…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 20 Oct 2021

The designs and textures of the movie’s various worlds and their inhabitants are arresting, filigreed and meaningful, with characters and…

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By Scott Campbell (94) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 20 Oct 2021

Dune might not be for everyone; but if you strap in, immerse yourself in the world and go along for the ride, Denis Villenueve delivers a blockbuster…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 20 Oct 2021

If you’re at all interested in what a reliably compelling, stubbornly solemn commercial filmmaker can do with money, imagination and no little…

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By K. Austin Collins (343) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 20 Oct 2021

It takes seriously the challenge of adapting a seemingly unadaptable novel, and keeping all its big-picture implications in full view…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 20 Oct 2021

Part One represents an admirable effort to do the material justice…

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By Barry Hertz (792) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 19 Oct 2021

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is, at its best moments, pure and gigantic cinematic madness…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 19 Oct 2021

This might be a Dune that could even be appreciated by someone unfamiliar with Dune…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 18 Oct 2021

There’s a lot going on here — a quasi-biblical space opera, part Lawrence of Arabia and part mobster movie — and spreading it out over…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 18 Oct 2021

However inconclusive as a story, the resulting film is a rarity among the overlong effects-heavy blockbusters of the last decade: One actually…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 18 Oct 2021

Again, 155 minutes is a lot of time for throat clearing, but by the time the film is done Villeneuve is hitting his stride…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for LarsenOnFilm (1,412) on 15 Oct 2021

There’s a tactile quality to the film—the way softly glowing lamps float alongside characters in dark hallways or fabrics drape around…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 15 Oct 2021

The jaw-dropping visuals and pulse-pounding sound editing in Dennis Villeneuve’s stunningly gorgeous Dune are so awesome it makes up for…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 14 Oct 2021

The movie’s length is, at times, a challenge, but Dune is so original and contains so many strong scenes that the length mostly isn’t a problem…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 12 Oct 2021

There’s a trick to making first-film-in-a-franchise films, and while the sweep of this one is every bit the eye candy fans could hope for,…

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By Siddhant Adlakha (174) for Observer (1,042) on 09 Oct 2021

The film itself is mostly fine, with breathtaking visuals broken up by a less captivating story that often drags its feet (despite several…

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By Richard Trenholm (40) for CNET (54) on 08 Oct 2021

Dune is a tour de force of cinematic sci-fi, a star-studded yet deeply weird fantasy epic, a thoughtful and thrilling movie experience…

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By Natalia Keogan (119) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 08 Oct 2021

Though it remains true to the first part of the text’s unhurried pace and detailed world building, Villeneuve’s adaptation feels overlong…

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