| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C+ |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
| E! Online |
"For those who have the patience for it...or who wish they still made movies like this, Dust is worth asking for." more... |
B- |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"It's lifeless kitsch." more... |
D |
filmcritic.com
Jay Antani |
"What fails Ask the Dust, both its source material and this production per se, is its loping, overly earnest approach..." more... |
B- |
Hollywood Reporter
Sheri Linden |
"A beautifully rendered portrait of Depression-era Los Angeles that starts out strong but loses its noir edge." more... |
C+ |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Watching it is like being in a restaurant where the waiter brings out a luscious platter of food, then keeps walking right past you. All night long." more... |
C |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"Robert Towne has turned the autobiographical novel by John Fante into a requiem for Los Angeles and those who escape its gilded clutches." more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Despite a 'noir' feel to the proceedings, this picture is a love story." more... |
B |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...literary to a fault..." more... |
B- |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"...a flawed and leaden adaptation of John Fante's seminal novel." more... |
C |
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