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The special effects are mediocre -- the miniatures look like miniatures, the sets look like sets, the matte paintings look like matte painting. And even the much dreaded sand worms are about as scary as Missouri night crawlers.

Children will be daunted by the talkiness; adults will be confused by the fantasy.

For all it's built in faults, Dune hits more than it misses. And in the final analysis, it's well worth seeing (and re-seeing).

This is a religious movie. Dune fans are a reverential lot, and this is the celluloid house of worship for which they have waited.

By remaining faithful to the book, however, Lynch chose the more difficult row to hoe. If his film is less than successful, it's because he aimed his sights too high.