Passion and ambition drive two dreamers in 1930s LA. Their love affair is ferocious and hot-blooded as they fight the city and themselves to make their dreams come true.
Passion and ambition drive two dreamers in 1930s LA. Their love affai...
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.
Ask the Dust is one of the most eagerly awaited cinematic projects of 2006, which may be why it lands with such a curious thud.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
23 Mar 2006
rotten:
Who would have guessed that Robert Towne, the writer of Chinatown, could make a movie as awful as Ask the Dust? It has it all -- one-dimensional characters, one-dimensional set and idiotically arch dialogue.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Mar 2006
fresh:
Farrell and costar Salma Hayek have rarely been so affecting, or so effective, as self-hating ethnics who find love.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
30 Mar 2006
fresh:
Something is missing, though. The themes are all there, but the movie doesn't cross the blood-brain barrier and rev you up.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
12 May 2006
rotten:
Although Chinatown writer Towne lovingly depicts the Depression-era LA setting (actually shot in South Africa), the film misfires.