Tried its best to live up to the source.

Rating: 8/10 (30 May 2009)

No Movie can beat it's book-source. Not even 'The Godfather' could.
Look at this movie as a movie without any external linkings and you will understand how surprisingly good it is.
Comparing a movie to it's book-source was the BIG mistake that people made when they rated the under-rated 'The Da-Vinci Code (2006)' which by itself was a very good movie.
You just can't pack everything from a book into just a two-hour movie.
Tom Hanks is as great as ever. Ron Howard did enough, as much as he could within his limits. This movie is really a very-fast paced one with lot of information flowing every second. Hang on to your seat-belts and go for a ride.
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My only complaint is: The Hassassin is down-graded.
Otherwise, A&D is one of the best movies ever made. A perfect example of 8-out-of-10-stars type movie. No more, no less. Period.