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Name: Dune
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Genre: adventure, science-fiction
Released: 2021
Duration: 2 h 35 min
Rating: 8

Dune has an iRankMovies score of 79.3/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Dune (2021)

It begins.

Release:2021

Runtime:2h 35m

Country:United States

Director:Denis Villeneuve

Language:English

Genre

AdventureScience Fiction

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Keywords

EmpirefutureArmyBased On Novel Or BookProphecydystopiaEmperorSand

iRank79

Dune rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8/10· 1M votes

Rotten Tomatoes83%

Metacritic74%

TMDb7.781/10· 15K votes

With 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8/10 on IMDb and 74/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Dune

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.

Cast of Dune

Timothée Chalamet
as Paul Atreides
Rebecca Ferguson
as Lady Jessica Atreides
Oscar Isaac
as Duke Leto Atreides
Jason Momoa
as Duncan Idaho
Stellan Skarsgård
as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Stephen McKinley Henderson
as Thufir Hawat
Josh Brolin
as Gurney Halleck
Javier Bardem
as Stilgar
Sharon Duncan-Brewster
as Dr. Liet Kynes
Chang Chen
as Dr. Wellington Yueh
Dave Bautista
as Beast Rabban Harkonnen
David Dastmalchian
as Piter de Vries

Dune facts

Budget: $165M
Box office: $410.7M
Collection: Dune Collection

Our take on Dune

Denis Villeneuve's 2021 science-fiction epic follows Paul Atreides, a gifted young man born into a destiny larger than he understands, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to secure the future of his family and people. As rival forces erupt into conflict over that planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence, only those who master their fear will survive. A deliberate, immersive adventure, it trades quick thrills for scale, atmosphere and slow-building tension, foregrounding politics, prophecy and the weight of leadership. It suits patient viewers who love world-building over spectacle for its own sake, and who want science fiction that is contemplative, imposing and visually vast.

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