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| Movie Description Dan Brown's best-selling book THE DA VINCI CODE gets adapted for the big screen thanks to director Ron Howard (CINDERELLA MAN), who helms this big budget production. Veteran actor Tom Hanks stars as professor Robert Langdon, whose Parisian lecture tour on feminine symbolism gets disrupted when he's implicated in a murder at the Louvre. Co-starring with Hanks is Audrey Tautou (AMELIE), the French police analyst who comes to Langdon's aid and who may hold the key to some of the mysteries. The cast is fleshed out by Jean Reno as a hangdog French detective who thinks he can trick Langdon into a confession; Paul Bettany as Silas, the murderous monk; Alfred Molina as an evil Catholic cardinal; and Ian McKellen, who steals the movie in the second act as a crotchety old authority on the Holy Grail. During the course of the film, all sorts of riddles, keys, clues, and enigmas are thrown in our hero's path, along with bullets, knives, and devious betrayals. Cinematographer Salvatore Toltino shoots in a dark and somber style, with lots of detailed flashbacks to grim scenes from ancient Rome, the Crusades, and the witch hunts of the Middle Ages. Tautou looks gorgeous in the perpetual dim light, as does the ancient French and British architecture. With so many centuries of hidden knowledge, cults, sects, and Christianity-shattering secrets involved, this may have been confusing to those not acquainted with the book, but Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman ingeniously weave the myriad layers into a true thrill ride. Ultimately, THE DA VINCI CODE is a thoughtful action film, with a refreshingly clear-eyed approach to world history that may scandalize the close-minded, but is sure to enlighten those open to new ideas. IN THEATERS MAY 19, 2006 Based on Dan Brown's runaway bestseller, this nail-biting and erudite thriller concerns a murder mystery that leads to the discovery of an even larger conspiracy within the Catholic Church. Starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou.
Editorial Reviews New York Times - A. O. Scott (06/09/2006) Total Film - Neil Smith (06/01/2006) Box Office - Richard Mowe (07/01/2006) Ultimate DVD - Natalie Braine (08/01/2006) Entertainment Weekly - Jeff Labrecque (11/17/2006) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||
Top Reviews  Not What I expected!!!Review created: 11/29/06(updated 03/02/07) by:  10 of 13 people found this review helpful. The Da Vinci code (2006) Gosh was this movie lame!!! Highly dissapointing! I came into this movie with an open mind and tried to leave everything at the door. Everybody I had talked to said the book was amazing, and the movie was just as good. I was extremely shocked when halfway through the movie I thought to myself "Another supposed Hollywood blockbuster that stinks" I know that my views on this movie will upset all the Da Vinci code faithful, and I don't expect to get any helpfuness votes out of this review, but I really need to voice my opinion. The previews for this movie make you believe that this movie will turn water into wine, when all it does is turn water into... well... water. The movie could be summed up in 3 scenes, but they drag it on for over 2 hours... a 2 hour snore fest. Final Verdict: 2/5 Rent or Buy: I'm not taking anything away from this movie, because I know a lot of people absolutely loved it, but I feel that an equal amount fo people hated it, and their opinions aren't heard. My only recommendation for this film is that you RENT IT before you BUY IT, just in case you are in the 50% of people who dislike The Da Vinci Code. Please vote if you fell this review was helpful. Thank you. Review ID: 10000000002395771 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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