Synopsis
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
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Cast
- Timothée ChalametPaul Atreides
- Rebecca FergusonLady Jessica Atreides
- Oscar IsaacDuke Leto Atreides
- Jason MomoaDuncan Idaho
- Josh BrolinGurney Halleck
- Stellan SkarsgårdBaron Vladimir Harkonnen
- Stephen McKinley HendersonThufir Hawat
- Javier BardemStilgar
- Sharon Duncan-BrewsterDr. Liet Kynes
- Chang ChenDr. Wellington Yueh
Recommendations
- 100
The Guardian
Denis Villenueve’s slow-burn space opera fuses the arthouse and the multiplex to create an epic of otherworldly brilliance. - 100
Empire
An absorbing, awe-inspiringly huge adaptation of (half of) Frank Herbert’s novel that will wow existing acolytes, and get newcomers hooked on its Spice-fuelled visions. If Part Two never happens, it’ll be a travesty. - 100
Total Film
An astounding spectacle, vast in scale and ambition. Prepare to have your breath snatched away. - 90
Slashfilm
Audiences deserve to see the conclusion of an action film so immaculately crafted and patiently paced, one that's more focused on inspiring reverent amazement through the simplicity of durable storytelling structures rather than the complexity of cinematic universe building. - 88
RogerEbert.com
I’ll always love Lynch’s “Dune,” a severely compromised dream-work that (not surprising given Lynch’s own inclination) had little use for Herbert’s messaging. But Villeneuve’s movie IS “Dune.” - 83
The Playlist
Those who find Villeneuve to be a self-serious, humorless, and pretentious bore likely won’t be changing their minds anytime soon after “Dune,” but that just might be their loss. Whether Warner Bros. accepts the call to make a sequel in a climate of dismal box-office returns remains to be seen. But that’s not our concern at the moment; Dune is undeniably impressive, spellbinding, and evocatively immense, regardless. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
The sheer awesomeness of Villeneuve's execution — there might not be another film this year, or ever, that turns one character asking another for a glass of water into a kind of walloping psychedelic performance art — often obscures the fact that the plot is mostly prologue: a sprawling origin story with no fixed beginning or end. - 70
IGN
Dune is a gorgeous but imperfect epic, a technical wonder that spends too much time setting up a third act that never comes.
