A Hollywood Exercise in Making Money.

Rating: 1/10 (28 June 2006)

A Hollywood exercise in making money and nothing more. That's the first time I've ever come close to walking out of a cinema, and I've sat through some real bombers.
They spend a little money to make a film (well, a 'little' in Hollywood terms), and get it back with profit in the first two weeks of release.
This film did absolutely nothing for the book, except perhaps inspire people to read it again and feel the enjoyment they had when they first picked up a copy.
Talented actors in a mismatch of parts, poor dialogue, poor action, poor interpretation, poor everything.
The only redeemable feature was Ian McKellen who is magnetic (or Magneto, even!) in any role he plays, even if he wasn't quite right for Teabing.
If you loved the book, please just read it again and do not waste your time or money, or you'll regret it.
Fortunately I got free tickets, but I'll never get back the 2.5 hours I wasted.