A lot of noise about nothing

Rating: 5/10 (31 May 2006)

I was looking forward to seeing this film specially as the Catholic church and other churchgoers were worried about the content.I wanted to see what the arguments were about. Well all I saw was a boring film with preposterous happenings and Ian Mckellen overdoing his part to a ridiculous extent. Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou et all fly to England and are greeted at the airport by approximately a dozen blaring police cars. No problem!! McKellen tells the detective in charge no one is with him and proceeds to London. No passports needed but then there is no immigration security either so anyone can go anywhere in this film including Hanks who seems to have an amazing knowledge of London and the English countryside. He goes all over the place even jumping on to a London bus which without having any English money is quite a feat. If I tried it I am sure I would get thrown off. The Albino monk is the best character in the film but maybe we are all at fault for thinking this film would live up to all the hype that was bandied around before it opened. The films best ally is the church who created so much free publicity about a lot of hokum !