Not bad at all

Rating: 7/10 (26 May 2006)

Not as bad as I expected, after reading many, many negative reviews. I love Tom Hanks in almost anything, but I just don't think he was right for this part. I read the book, and it never occurred to me that Hanks would play that part... maybe someone less well known, more scholarly? But he was OK, and Audrey Tautou was perfect for the part of Sophie. Paul Bettany as Silas was excellent. The action scenes were good and the cinematography was excellent. I'd read the book, so I could follow the story but I think people who haven't read the book might have a hard time during the first half of the movie, at least; the book was quite involved, with a lot of explanation to it that just wasn't possible in the movie. I'm sure Ron Howard was thrilled with all the controversy! Any publicity is good publicity!