In the Hand of Dante
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): June 24, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
32
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
5
Negative:
5

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
63
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 26, 2026
The result is unlike any movie you’ll see and listen to this summer, a grand overeach with indulgences that will make you grimace even as they give you access to the fertile creative mind of poets, painters, actors and a filmmaker who gets it even if he sometimes struggles to help us get it with him. Read full review
60
The Irish TimesTara BradyJun 24, 2026
Ironically, the film is too concerned with the abstract business of genius to give enough space to the gifted folks on screen. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJun 20, 2026
The combustible mix of lowlife cynicism and high art provide enough energy and enjoyment to power the first two-thirds of this long film. But in the end it flags, and it’s as if the outrageous black comedy has to be paid for with solemn romantic fantasy. But what a performance from Butler. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoJun 24, 2026
While “In the Hand of Dante” never finds the consistency that eludes it, it is a film that sparks in individual beats. Read full review
40
IGNSiddhant AdlakhaJun 25, 2026
Part modern mob movie, part period biopic, the star-studded In the Hand of Dante has big ideas that completely fail to cohere. Read full review
40
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiSep 3, 2025
The film may be unbridled, unfettered and bold, but sometimes those adjectives aren’t complimentary. Read full review
30
SlateLaura MillerJun 29, 2026
Anyone expecting a fast-paced corker full of secret codes, hidden compartments, and chases down rain-slicked cobblestone streets, however, will be disappointed. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJun 26, 2026
Nothing can stop this overlong and disastrously ill-judged project from flying off the rails. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeOdie HendersonJun 24, 2026
Dante’s major work included “Inferno,” where he described nine circles of hell. An eternity spent in any of them would be more enjoyable than this heavy-handed hot mess. Read full review
20
EmpireJohn NugentJun 26, 2026
Kind of a disaster. Not quite the seventh circle of hell — but it’s dangerously close. Read full review
20
Little White LiesHannah StrongJun 12, 2026
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, riddled with incomprehensible dialogue, baffling accents and some of the most egregious continuity in recent film history. Read full review
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