The Divinci Cult

Rating: 9/10 (20 May 2006)

When the Tom Hanks character confesses that he once said a prayer to Jesus when he was a boy, a prayer similar to a boys desire for Santa Claus to bring him a puppy dog for Christmas, it was a moment that revealed what lied in the heart of the main character, nothing at all. Like any good fairy tale, there is a little bit of truth and a whole lot of make believe in order for a tale to be enchanting.
The Davinci Code is a very good bit of Hollywood movie making. Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou are world class actors. Ron Howard made a very entertaining murder mystery movie. There was a good balance of tension rapped around the urgent need of the heroes to uncover a mystery.
The films shortcoming has to do with its biblical inaccuracies. Like the biblical inaccuracies redefined as doctrine within the Catholic Church, I'm afraid most fans of the book and now the movie will be seduced by this new cult that has been unleashed onto a naive populous.