neither entertaining nor enlightening

Rating: 5/10 (5 June 2006)

This movie, intentionally anti-catholic, gets unintentionally to be an Opus Dei propaganda for the unrealistic way it describes that organization. Unaware propaganda aside, the script is clear, everything is spelt twice or even three times, so that the story can be figured out even if you haven't read the book. Should I use a metaphor for describing the film on the whole I would say Ron Howard wasn't able to keep the rhythm high as soon as he pulled the foot off the gas. I mean that most of the flick (actually the entire flick apart from the action scenes) has a enormous problem with its pace and, in spite of the intriguing plot and the good acting, it never succeeds in keeping the audience restless.