It is what it is: a fictional thriller

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 2006)

For starters, let me say that while I did not read the novel I can imagine the validity of "the book was better" type arguments; the same could be argued for the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
That being said, I enjoyed this movie. It was a good thriller with an interesting plot, good acting, and decent writing (though it would be unfair to blame the script writers when I understand that Brown did not provide masterful prose in the first place). In short, I was entirely entertained and left the theater satisfied. It is unfortunate that this film receives such an undue amount of scrutiny due to its controversial subject matter; essentially, there are milions who would not give any film with this subject a good rating no matter how good it was.