- Release Date: 2006
- Runtime: 117 min
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Starring: Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Donald Sutherland, Eileen Atkins ... see all
- Director: Robert Towne
- Plot: L.A. in the early 1930's: racism, poverty, and disease color the Bunker Hill neighborhood where Arturo Bandini, a lover of men and beasts alike, has arrived from Colorado to write... Read more
User Reviews
Ask the Dust (2006
May 30, 2008
mikey_2020 - yahoo.com
May 30, 2008mikey_2020 - yahoo.com
i want to show any movies for salma hayek beacous i love her movies .she is good anf beatiful.i want from you to send any movies to my e.mail... Full review
Touching
Dec 23, 2007
Kara B - yahoo.com
Dec 23, 2007Kara B - yahoo.com
This movie is captivating. It is simple, touching, and classic. It is definately now one of my favorites. Colin Farrell is usually very neutral for me, in this movie, he is outstanding. This is definately his best role ever. Salma Hayek... Full review
EXTRAORDINARY
Dec 23, 2007
TEOM25 - yahoo.com
Dec 23, 2007TEOM25 - yahoo.com
Ms. Hayek like always a DYNAMITE. Very beautiful movie. I couldn't have asked for more. Both Farrell and Hayek play very good roles that they can both showcase their talents. Movie had me in an awe from beginning to end.... Full review
EXTRAORDINARY
Dec 23, 2007
r25durango - yahoo.com
Dec 23, 2007r25durango - yahoo.com
Ms. Hayek like always a DYNAMITE. Very beautiful movie. I couldn't have asked for more. Both Farrell and Hayek play very good roles that they can both showcase their talents. Movie had me in an awe from beginning to end.... Full review
Touching
Dec 23, 2007
high_voltage2441 - yahoo.com
Dec 23, 2007high_voltage2441 - yahoo.com
This movie is captivating. It is simple, touching, and classic. It is definately now one of my favorites. Colin Farrell is usually very neutral for me, in this movie, he is outstanding. This is definately his best role ever. Salma Hayek... Full review
Overlooked Gem for Colin and Salma fans>>>
Nov 27, 2007
LA - yahoo.com
Nov 27, 2007LA - yahoo.com
I thought this was an outstanding film that showcased the two main characters as they struggled, grew, and changed. It helps to be a Colin and Salma fan of course, but overall this tale of an aspiring Italian American writer in... Full review
Overlooked Gem for Colin and Salma fans>>>
Nov 27, 2007
karlooop - yahoo.com
Nov 27, 2007karlooop - yahoo.com
I thought this was an outstanding film that showcased the two main characters as they struggled, grew, and changed. It helps to be a Colin and Salma fan of course, but overall this tale of an aspiring Italian American writer in... Full review
a good movie !!!!
Nov 21, 2007
alful1065 - yahoo.com
Nov 21, 2007alful1065 - yahoo.com
Salma Hayek is amazing !!!, very very beautiful and good actress . The movie is very good and cinematic style and visual effects like it . The story is interesting and i recommend this movie. really, really i enjoy it !!... Full review
what a horrible waste of two hours
Nov 21, 2007
imvegan04 - yahoo.com
Nov 21, 2007imvegan04 - yahoo.com
I went into this with high hopes, disregarding the critics who panned the movie. I should've listened to the experts. I don't know what ya'll are smoking -- those of you who gave this an A+ -- but this was, really,... Full review
colin farrell
Nov 21, 2007
mihal_4_eva - yahoo.com
Nov 21, 2007mihal_4_eva - yahoo.com
what can i say.. colin farrell is a very good looking man... this movie gets a A+ just for him being in it!!!... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Apr 25, 2009Deseret News
The film is an overwrought mess....The secondary characters are more interesting and sympathetic, especially Donald Sutherland's boozy flophouse resident and a disfigured housekeeper played by Idina Menzel ("Rent").....his efforts to throw in elements of racial prejudice fail miserably..... ... Full Review
| Dec 13, 2008Hartford Courant
Everybody in "Ask the Dust" suffers from outsiders' disease.
Ask the Dust" tackles large subjects: prejudice learned and unlearned, love's healing balm.
As for Hayek, she is playing a character described by Fante as "not beautiful.
... Full Review
| Feb 06, 2008thephoenix.com
Like his CGI-enhanced rendition of Depression-era LA, Towne's direction gives off warm and fuzzy vibes that are all but visible, and his good intentions cast a stodgy pall.
A Mexican waitress (Salma Hayek) and a disfigured Jewish woman (Idina Menzel) distract the hero before ending up as sacrifices to his artistic self-discovery.
... Full Review
| Jul 25, 2006DVD Talk
Still, Towne is far too gifted a writer for the film to really be deemed an utter failure.
In fact, Ask the Dust proves most successful when it's not mired in the love story at its core.
Hayek is good, if a bit too gorgeous for the role.
... Full Review
| Jul 15, 2006The Flick Filosopher
Moments like that one punctuate these ten episodes, riffs on recent current events that create a window onto an alternate universe where honesty and integrity matter more among those elected to lead us than cronyism, gamesmanship, and coddling lobbyists, as embodied here by the villain, Speaker of the House Nathan Templeton (Donald Sutherland [ Ask the Dust ], having fun as a bad guy), who does his best to trip up the president at every juncture. ... Full Review
News
God, It's Deepack
desicritics.org –
2009-09-20
Another trip to Seattle. The same long flight across the corn country and over the Rockies, breaching the clouds while the airplane jiggles its butt to reach the cruising altitude, and a whole lot of free sodas, and 10-dollar meals,... ... Full Article
'Eh' factor sinks couple in 'Ask the Dust'
rgj.com –
2006-04-07
"Ask the Dust" was a dream project for Academy Award-winning writer-director Robert Towne. He was a personal friend of "Dust" novelist John Fante, and he spent a decade securing financing. ... Full Article
'Ask the Dust' 'Ask the Dust' leaves much to answer for Friday, March 24, 2006
post-gazette.com –
2006-03-24
By Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A colossal misfire. That's what "Ask the Dust" is, despite actors Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek, writer-director Robert Towne and a setting of 1930s Los Angeles which should be nostalgically seductive or instructive. Instead, virtually ... Full Article
Ask the Dust
pittsburghlive.com –
2006-03-24
Even at $4 a week, Arturo has difficulty making rent. With her weekly eviction notices, "My landlady was getting more writing done than I was," he says. Spending his last nickel on a coffee tainted by spoiled cream, he fires ... Full Article
Ask the Dust
efilmcritic.com –
2006-03-17

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