Excellent Adaptation!

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2006)

I'm a stickler for detail and I hate when books are transferred to movies and parts get changed for no discernible reason other than 'the director thought it looked good'.
Happily Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman have not done this. Yes one or two small changes took place, which I felt was a shame as one in particular (the outer cryptex code being Sofia) strengthened the idea of her grandfather's love for her.
Acting: Tom Hanks: Not my personal choice for Langdon. However he is an accomplished actor and performed well enough to appease my disappointment.
Audrey Tautou: Superb. She was Sophie Neveu to a T. Having thought of other actresses I now cannot imagine Sophie as anyone else.
Paul Bettany: Silas Lives! Bettany brought the whole range of emotions of Silas to the movie perfectly.
Jean Reno: Well. What can I say? Another masterful performance, even if some will say 'type-casting'. He was great.
Sir Ian McKellen. As always a pin-sharp accurate performance by one of Britain's finest actors. I was initially concerned at how such a well built actor would portray a man crippled by polio, but as always Sir Ian rose to the challenge.
Script: Absolutely perfect. Faithful to Dan Brown's original in virtually every aspect.
Locations: We all know St Paul's refused permission to film inside, but to be honest it made no difference.
On the whole a really cracking movie whether you ignored the book, glanced through it, or made yourself an expert in the time between announcement of the movie and its' release.