Howard Fails to Thrill

Rating: 1/10 (30 May 2006)

This film was very disappointing - which I find so sad because it COULD have been so good - given a little more directorial thought by Mr Howard. It lacked excitement - there were no thrills, no tension, no......NOTHING. When the credits rolled at the end all I could think was 'thank goodness that's over'. In a way I wish I'd never bothered but like the rest of the population I was curious to see how such a terrific story would translate onto the screen. Tom Hanks is always very watchable but he was definitely miscast as Langdon and as for Ms Tatou...her heavily accented voice was a constant irritation and her lines delivered in a monotone fashion. Paul Bettany and Sir Ian McKellen performed their roles well but it wasn't enough to save this movie. I'm sure had someone like Spielberg taken on the task of directing this movie it would have been a different story altogether. What a waste of 2 1/2 hours.