Overall, critics are immensely pleased with Denis Villeneuve’s second Dune installment. Peter Howell of the Toronto Star encouraged viewers to see the film in IMAX. “The movie fairly throbs with conflicts and intrigues, all the more so if you see it on an IMAX screen with the deep bass of Hans Zimmer’s majestic score rumbling through your body,” they wrote in a perfect review.
Other critics, like /Film reviewer Chris Evangelista, want to emphasize how monumental of a theatrical experience “Dune: Part Two” is. “It’s a grand, overwhelming sensory experience,” Evangelista wrote in their 7/10 review. “Villeneuve has a great grasp on scale, and everything here feels appropriately huge.” Even CNN critic Brian Lowery emphasized how visually stunning the film is in a more mixed take.
From a purely technical perspective, there’s a lot to like in “Dune: Part Two.” Clarisse Loughrey of The Independent discussed the film’s evocative spectacle in a five-star review, writing, “There are moments in ‘Dune: Part Two’ that feel so audacious, they play out as if they were already etched onto the cinematic canon.” She praised Villeneuve’s ability to gracefully adapt Frank Herbert’s vision, adding that the filmmaker has already “made his mark on sci-fi history.”
While several critics like “Dune: Part Two,” others love the picture, calling it one of the best sci-fi films ever made. “It’s a towering feat of sci-fi cinema that will put ‘Dune: Part Two’ in contention for the pantheon of greatest sequels ever,” wrote Hoai-Tran Bui of Inverse.
