It wasn't bad...It wasn't great.

Rating: 7/10 (26 May 2006)

I'm a huge fan of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code but frankly this film didn't pull through. It strayed from Dan Brown's novel more than most people are currently stating. Ron Howard made a serious mistake when he decided to cut out some of the original depth to make the movie. Honestly, I was impressed after I saw it. That may sound odd but I don't think any other director could have done better considering the book was so amazing. It would have been hard to make it any better than this film. Nonetheless I would waste your money on this mistake, read the book instead, it was magnificent. The characters weren't exactly what I'd expected either. I was very impressed with Tom Hanks performance but I was amazed by Ron Howard's depiction of Sophie. He made her seem weak and vulnerable, which just isn't the Sophie Neveu of Dan Brown's novel.
Despite these issues if you ever see the film on TV when there isn't anything else on it will be a well spent 2 hours.