There was another movie of the same name released in 1984 by director David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan.

To be clear, these reviews are about the Dune movie released in 2021.

Everything the film introduces is simply a set up for something to come later on, if ever.' Screen Rant writes: 'Spectacular visuals aside, Dune is emotionally empty and incomplete. The New York Times writes: 'Villeneuve has made a serious, stately opus, and while he doesn't have a pop bone in his body, he knows how to put on a show as he fans a timely argument about who gets to play the hero now.' Polygon writes: 'The visuals are mesmerising, but the world-building is flat' and that Jason Momoa is 'the only person who genuinely seems to be having fun amid this deep ensemble'. If this is the beginning of a resurgence in ambitious, operatic space fantasy, then bring it on.' Luke Goodsell for ABC Arts writes: 'It more than captures the attention, and sometimes even inspires awe. However, the movie has been criticised for its slow pace and for being difficult to follow.Īs of December, it had a 90 per cent audience score on movie review website Rotten Tomatoes. The verdict is largely positive - Dune successfully adapts Herbert's space opera to look and sound as epic as it should be.

Dune has already been released in cinemas and on paid-streaming service HBO Max in the United States, so the audience and critic reviews are out.

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