Don't take any notice of the bad reviews

Rating: 10/10 (21 May 2006)

I saw the film on the 20th May in a packed Leicester Square Odeon in the UK, the day after it's release. I enjoyed the book very much and was looking forward to the film, although I wasn't expecting it to be excellent as films never usually do books justice, and following the bad reviews I was a bit apprehensive.
But I found that the film was far better than I was expecting it to be, a was very pleased with what I saw, the tension was still there and the film was very well presented.
I took along my wife who has not read the book, and wasn't expecting it to be any good following the press reports, but she said that she also thoroughly enjoyed the film and was easily able to follow the story, (despite the press stating it was difficult to follow if you had not read the book.) If you have not read the book just make sure that you pay attention to the dialogue, if your mind wanders for a minute or two you may miss something important (which I suspect was the problem the critics made, ie, did not pay attention therefore lost the plot).
Definitely worth a second viewing, and will add to my DVD collection when it is released on DVD.