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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 30% of 54 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "In the Hand of Dante is a bloated, wildly overplayed literary fever dream whose attempts to merge past and present collapse into accidental farce." Pete Hammond for Deadline writes the film has an "unpredictable, if uneven, screenplay that is all over the map" and that the movie "bites off possibly more than it can chew", but lauds Schnabel for taking a "big swing." Peter Bradshaw for The Guardian gave the film 3/5 stars, singling out Gerard Butler for praise, and said the first 2/3 of the film was enjoyable but "in the end it flags."…
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60 of 77 · most liked firstAs a number of you have noticed, stripey tabby tuxedo rescue cats Joe and Jake are the brains behind my film criticism blog. Here's a rare shot of the process in action; just a look at Gerry Butler as Pope Boniface VIII in In The Hand of Dante has sent Joe the cat into a complete spiritual collapse.
positive · AI labelView post →Filmmaker and artist Julian Schnabel was joined by Jason Momoa and some of the other leading men of new movie “In the Hand of Dante” on the Venice Film Festival red carpet evening. #inthehandofdante #venicefilmfestival #jasonmomoa #oscarisaac #julianschnabel
neutral · AI labelView post →In The Hand of Dante is a Netflix honkers-bonkers fiasco for the ages, an oddball meta-movie starring Oscar Isaac, Al Pacino, Gal Gadot, John Malkovich and Jason Momoa. Martin Scorsese is Father Abraham from The Smurfs+Gerry Butler is Pope Boniface VIII. 2 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/06/27/i...
negative · AI labelView post →An anti-Israel group is pressuring the 82nd Venice International Film Festival to uninvite Gal Gadot, even though her film In the Hand of Dante is featured this year. Singling out an actress simply because she is Israeli is not activism, it is blatant antisemitism.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hmm. Often when people pan a movie for being pretentious and directionless, I think "yay, my kind of movie" but I'm sorry to report that In the Hand of Dante is not my kind of movie. The dialogue in the Dante bits reaches parodic levels of olde-timey gibberish. Is it parodying something? Who knows!
negative · AI labelView post →If you punched yourself in the face for 150 minutes, you would have spent the time more wisely than if you had watched IN THE HAND OF DANTE. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/24/a...
negative · AI labelView post →In Julian Schnabel’s 2025 adaptation of Nick Tosches’ ‘In the Hand of Dante’, inspired by Alighieri’s work, the film director creates the sensation for viewers of being dragged through the various levels of hell across the course of 2.5 turgid hours. Read @hannahstrong.co.uk's full review:
neutral · AI labelView post →Julian Schnabel's In the Hand of Dante arrives on Netflix today. Read @savinapetkova.bsky.social's review from Venice:
neutral · AI labelView post →IN THE HAND OF DANTE (2025) - Official Trailer Streaming: June 24, 2026 Netflix #InTheHandOfDante whentostream.com/julian-schna...
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m watching this In The Hand of Dante film and Gerry Butler appears to have an absolutely MASSIVE penis
neutral · AI labelView post →I thought IN THE HAND OF DANTE would be bonkers fun. Instead, it's 150 minutes of pretentious slop with terrible acting. The odd casting (Scorsese as Gandalf) simply does NOT pay off. Dante is spinning in whatever circle of Hell he's in. One of the year's worst. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/24/a...
negative · AI labelView post →Not even the usually charismatic Oscar Isaac can save Julian Schnabel's diabolical In The Hand of Dante lwlies.com/venice-film-...
negative · AI labelView post →The buzz is strong for several out-of-competition films too, like Luca Guadagnino’s “After the Hunt,” Gus Van Sant’s “Dead Man’s Wire,” Julian Schnabel’s “In the Hand of Dante” and Sofia Coppola’s Marc Jacobs documentary “Marc by Sofia.” apnews.com/article/veni...
neutral · AI labelView post →In the Hand of Dante, 2025 film. Director Julian Schnabel. This film hasn't been popular with critics. I can understand why, but I disagree. The film crosses genres, which means a scene that would be just right in another format may feel out of place here. What might feel deep and powerful in a quiet drama may border on cringe or kitsch when shown amidst scenes of mob violence. "Pretentious" is a word that could be applied to some scenes, but when watched with an open mind and with open eyes,…
positive · AI labelView post →oh and the novel the film I'm discussing is based on sounds absolutely _wretched_. Now convinced attempting to watch this movie (In the Hand of Dante) would just make me unreasonably angry
negative · AI labelView post →Julian Schnabel's In the Hand of Dante is both frenzied and flimsy, a centuries-spanning adventure that makes room for Oscar Isaac, Martin Scorsese, Gerard Butler, and Gal Gadot.
neutral · AI labelView post →• 'In the Hand of Dante' - Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Gerard Butler, Al Pacino & Martin Scorsese • Untitled 'Peaky Blinders' Film - Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan & Rebecca Ferguson • 'The Life of Chuck' - Tom Hiddleston
neutral · AI labelView post →Oscar Isaac premiere in Venice again next year?🤞🏼 IN THE HAND OF DANTE “which has been shooting in Italy for about six weeks, now has two more weeks to go before the production moves to New York. A world premiere at next year’s Venice Film Festival may be a good fit.” variety.com/2023/film/gl...
neutral · AI labelView post →That "In The Hand Of Dante" movie is pretty decent in spite of the fact Gal Gadot and Jason Mamoa are there for some fuckin reason.
positive · AI labelView post →I'd not heard of In The Hand Of Dante film and now see it has a bunch of prominent actors in it. That was making me more sceptical rather than reassured then I saw this comedically modern looking still from it. I'm in. This is going to be that good sort of dreadful. Like The Old Guard.
neutral · AI labelView post →Catch-22 at Bothead Reviews... In the Hand of Dante. "Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast." - King Kong, 1933
neutral · AI labelView post →I had an appletv subscription for a few months last year & watched The Morning Show, I had to figure out who did the intro song-and now I had to figure out who the gorgeous man was & who does cool song at the end of In the Hand of Dante movie: Benjamin Clementine 💙🎼🎹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ4m...
neutral · AI labelView post →I am seated for the new Gal Gadot movie. (Apparently some guys named Isaac, Pacino and Scorsese are in it too. 🤷) #InTheHandOfDante
neutral · AI labelView post →Unlike many, I liked In The Hand of Dante (Netflix). I like that it held fast to Nick Tosches’ novel & wilfully drifted beyond plot to find meaning in the immediacy of being; of sky & of breath, of love, of Gal Gadot as Venus. But my fave thing in the film was Gerard Butler as gangster, as Pope.
positive · AI labelView post →Holy shit. Julian Schnabel has made a movie out of one of the worst books I've ever read in my life, Nick Tosches' IN THE HAND OF DANTE. On Netflix next month, apparently. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebPP...
negative · AI labelView post →Stunned to learn that IN THE HAND OF DANTE by Nick Tosches has been adapted to film. Seemed so unlikely.
neutral · AI labelView post →the Netflix film IN THE HAND OF DANTE played #tribeca. Outside of the opening scene with Pacino and the insane hitman played by Gerard Butler (insane in a good way) the film is a complete mess and can be avoided. unseenfilms.net/2026/06/in-h...
negative · AI labelView post →Tribeca Festival Movie Review: ‘In the Hand of Dante’ With Oscar Isaac, Gal Gadot – "Like Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy and Nick Tosches' novel, Julian Schnabel’s unique and mesmerizing film does not lend itself to facile understanding. blogcritics.org/tribeca-fest... #moviereview #movies #film
neutral · AI labelView post →Filmmaker Julian Schnabel will be joined for the opening night IN THE HAND OF DANTE Q&A by actors Sabrina Impacciatore, Louis Cancelmi, and Oscar Isaac on Friday, June 12, moderated by multi-disciplinary artist Laurie Anderson. Few tickets left! www.paristheaternyc.com/film/in-the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →#InTheHandOfDante by Schnabel. The reviews by critics aren't kind. But, I love the title, and Schnabel is an artist, so I took a look at the trailer. I think I have to see it. A man shoots his couch. I think I need to know more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH0S...
neutral · AI labelView post →Martin Scorsese as Isaiah the Jew in Julian Schnabel's In the Hand of Dante (2025). Perhaps Oscar Isaac's best film since Inside Llewyn Davis
neutral · AI labelView post →I just finished In The Hand Of Dante and I don’t think I have any frame of reference as to what makes a movie “good” because I quite liked it and it’s got a 29% score on rotten tomatoes lol
positive · AI labelView post →'In The Hand of Dante', a stellar cast utterly wasted in a pretentious and sadistic mess.
negative · AI labelView post →"In The Hand Of Dante" is a remarkable movie. Warning: It's not for everyone.
positive · AI labelView post →So #Netflix has this new #film, In the Hand of Dante. 1st few minutes, some schmuck is saying "Dante got trapped…in a cage of #rhyme and meter". Swear I nearly hurled my laptop at the TV & smashed both. What sort of imbecile even gets the inkling to sully a script with that?! #Poetry
negative · AI labelView post →I watch anything Oscar Isaac is in ... In the Hand of Dante is a 2026 drama film blending literary mystery, historical fiction, and a violent mob thriller ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXA3...
neutral · AI labelView post →“Nothing good comes from fear.” Quote from the film In the Hand of Dante
neutral · AI labelView post →In the Hand of Dante di Julian Schnabel (su Netflix) https://close-up.info/in-the-hand-of-dante/. In the Hand of Dante di Julian Schnabel (su Netflix) [https://close-up.info/in-the-hand-of-dante/](https://close-up.info/in-the-hand-of-dante/) [@spettacoli](https://diggita.com/c/spettacoli)
neutral · AI labelView post →IN THE HAND OF DANTE (2026) is a mess. Tonally unbalanced, thematically bland, and with bizarre casting choices, the film was a chore to get through. It tries a lot of things, but does none of them well. My review. macguff.in/film-reviews... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky
negative · AI labelView post →IN THE HAND OF DANTE has a neat idea, an interesting cast, and looks great, but I cannot imagine someone watching all 150 minutes of this Netflix acquisition in their own living room. My ** review on @Letterboxd.social: boxd.it/eVYYqN #InTheHandOfDante #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →Director Julian Schnabel discusses his new film In the Hand of Dante which follows the parallel lives of a New York author (Nick Tosches) in the 21st century who embarks on a violent journey after he is recruited by a mafia don to steal Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy (19min)
neutral · AI labelView post →In the Hand of Dante (2025) - Movie Review www.flickeringmyth.com/movie-review...
neutral · AI labelView post →Never thought I'd see a movie combine a Dante biopic with scenes of Gerard Butler monologuing as a homophobic gangster while eating a giant pizza, but here we are. Read my review for IN THE HAND OF DANTE, which is now streaming on @netflix.com! filmfeeder.co.uk/film-reviews...
neutral · AI labelView post →"A very different and wholly unintentional kind of divine comedy" Click the link to read our ⭐½ review for the historical biopic/crime caper hybrid In the Hand of Dante, which is now streaming on @netflix.com! filmfeeder.co.uk/film-reviews...
neutral · AI labelView post →In the Hand of Dante with Julian Schnabel and Benny Safdie (Ep. 616) Director Julian Schnabel discuss his new film, In the Hand of Dante, with fellow Director Benny Safdie in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses his spontaneous approach to his directing style, c
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve just watched the trailer for #inthehandofdante and this got me so excited!!!! This looks like it’s gonna be a masterpiece of film making
positive · AI labelView post →‘IN THE HAND OF DANTE’ will premiere at Tribeca Film Festival. Starring Oscar Isaac and Gal Gadot.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight at the Society, complete with post-film Q&A with Julian Schnabel, IN THE HAND OF DANTE.
neutral · AI labelView post →What made Dante Alighieri one of the world's greatest poets and a foundational figure for Italian culture? We're not sure because we left this film more confused than when we started. Listen as we descend into the Inferno that is In the Hand of Dante (2025). Available now at movieswedig.com!
negative · AI labelView post →Just finished watching In The Hand of Dante. Knew nothing about it going in, but I've just been looking at mixed reviews. It's not perfect but I thought it was extraordinary, I really enjoyed it. I can't remember the last time I saw a film prepared to be that different. Gerard Butler is incredible.
positive · AI labelView post →Another movie about a poem, this was ruined (for me) by its pointless switching between colour and B&W. Potentially, a strong cast - especially Jason Iasac, Gerard Butler, Jason Momoa - seems wasted on overlong plot with some dreary pretensions. My rating: 3/10 #InTheHandOfDante #movies #filmsky
negative · AI labelView post →Netflix movie time. In the Hand of Dante R 2025 ‧ Thriller/Crime ‧ 2h 33m www.imdb.com/title/tt1333...
neutral · AI labelView post →Took me a while to get through In the Hand of Dante. I am a big supporter of films that take big swings but sometimes those swings miss and this is a BIG miss. allnewthatmoviesite.blogspot.com/2026/07/in-h...
negative · AI labelView post →In the Hand of Dante (Schnabel, 2025) A gorgeously bad film — lugubrious, poorly performed, and ultimately a slog. Visually, it's occasionally compelling. #filmsky
negative · AI labelView post →#JulyMovies 5) In the Hand of Dante (2026) A tedious slog of a movie.
negative · AI labelView post →In the Hand of Dante is a weird movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →60) In the Hand of Dante (film) Boy, this is the most mixed I've felt on a piece of media. It's got a lot going on. And by a lot, I mean too much of... well, everything. Solid beginning, then just goes on and on and on.....😴
neutral · AI labelView post →I started watching "In the Hand of Dante" on Netflix last night. Very good movie, but grim. I would say this is Gerald Butler's best movie performance.
positive · AI labelView post →In the Hand of Dante is also now streaming, but I’m not actually sure that one is a real movie.
negative · AI labelView post →In The Hand of Dante: a striking and ambitious cinematic fever dream share.google/xwKf2XYFQKhb...
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