see it for yourself,its worth the time and the fee.

Rating: 6/10 (25 May 2006)

FACTS........obviously a reasonably good movie,just by the reactions on this site alone.........................
Great to see the cinema full(well almost) again and with families with teenagers............blimey ain't seen that for ages.........
The storyline (aint read the book and i'm bloody glad i didn't,see i'm a philistine)very complicated if you attended a roman catholic church and served on the alter,very ,very complicated if you didn't..........
is it entertaining......yes........is it too long ........yes by about 1/2 hr..........is it nicely filmed ..........yes superbly great locations ,very pleasing on the eye.........are the cast good ........NO......and i love tom hanks,but nowhere near as good as he was in his classics......is the dialogue .........NO .....pathetic at times.......is it over-hyped..........YES,YES,YES........and finally............is it worth getting of your arse and going to the cinema.........A Definite ...YES ,despite its faults.
on a religious note,the Leonardo DA vinci fresco(copy of course) was mounted on the front of our alter at st Vincent De Paul's openshaw Manchester.......now i stared at that painting (more out of boredom) for nigh on 10 years and at know time did i think the figure to the right(or left as i saw it) wasn't anybody but a woman,i actually thought it was Mary Jesus mother,and never saw anything sinister in it . oh dear if only i would have thought sideways.................dreammmmmm,dream.dream,dream,dreammmmmmmm