Recommend you read the book first....

Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2006)

.... as it's not as good as the book but I wouldn't say that it was a major disappointment. The build-up was good, but it seemed to linger too long in France. It was a little slow to start, but once it got started, it moved along pretty well. It was well cast, though I did find it difficult when I first heard about Tom Hanks in the role, preferring someone a little more like Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones, though when he is being a professor rather than an archaeologist. But he surprised me and was actually rather good. Same with Audrey Tautou, and most of the central characters were well cast.
There were some odd moments though, like when the Bishop visits the Vatican Council and plays pool with what I can only presume is the Pope and then has a supremely modern mobile phone. Or Silas's phone and car, when he lives in a cell in order to bring himself closer to God. Little things which don't make sense. If the geography of London is not known, then it is easy to believe that Remi manages to drive all the way to Tower Bridge and then back across the river to Docklands (some 6 miles from Temple) in the same time that Langdon and Neveu take to get to Westminster on a bus only half a mile from where they started off. Plus, there's several libraries closer to Temple than Chelsea, it being on the other side of Central London, including the library originally in the book, and only a five minute walk away.
The scenes in the Louvre and Paris were fabulous though, and made me really want to revisit Paris. Several little things were left out of the book though, which was slightly disappointing, though, all in all, it made for a thoroughly entertaining film although I recommend that you read the book first!!!