Sci-Fi epic ‘Dune’ is an immersive but incomplete experience

Timothée Chalamet is a royal heir, and Rebecca Ferguson is his mother in Dune.

Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel is undeniably staggering. But his Dune also feels rudimentary, as if he’s managed his source material without fully mastering it.

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Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel is undeniably staggering. But his Dune also feels rudimentary, as if he’s managed his source material without fully mastering it.