The Da Vinci Code's not awful, but not great.

Rating: 6/10 (9 July 2011)

Dan Brown's novel has become a global hit and now Ron Howard has directed the film adaptation. The film certainly diminishes the power of the book mostly due to over length and lack of pacing. The pace is slow, given the two and a half hour length, but the subject matter is still powerful enough to give me some enjoyment out of it. Some of the fun and thrill is present from the Dan Brown novel, but not all of it, making a serviceable, if not well-executed thriller. If you can sit through the two and a half hours of controversial material, you should get decent entertainment out of this limited film. See Also: Howard's prequel Angels & Demons.