Dune
A world beyond your experience, beyond your imagination.
A world beyond your experience, beyond your imagination.
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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1984
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In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
137 min
Release date:
14 Dec 1984
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$40,000,000
Revenue:
$31,502,434
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
The problem is that the imagery isn't rooted in any story impulse, and so its power dissipates quickly.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
18 Jul 2011
fresh:
Dune is a huge, hollow, imaginative and cold sci-fi epic.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
Most sci-fi movies offer escape, a holiday from homework, but Dune is as difficult as a final exam. You have to cram for it.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
18 Jul 2011
rotten:
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.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
rotten:
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.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003