don't bother cracking the code

Rating: 2/10 (2 September 2006)

This movie defies what is known about physics: it both sucks and blows!
I don't ask much from movies as far as logic goes. I'm usually happy to go along with "movie logic." The Da Vinci Code tested the limits of this. If you pull at one dangling strand of the plot, it all starts to unravel. The plot and the conspiracy just doesn't make any sense. Furthermore, the movie is incredibly boring for something that's supposed to be a thriller. It feels as if both cast and crew were sleepwalking through the whole thing. However, I did have fun looking at the cast and thinking about all of the movies they've done that were better than this pile of poo.
Lastly, it was depressing to see Amelie play "The Girl" in a big budget Hollywood movie. She spent a lot of time running away from bad guys behind Tom Hanks. Actresses often complain about the lack of good female roles. It was sad to see Audrey Tatou, who arguably has played one of the most interesting female characters in recent cinema, reduced to being a prop.