Can you say Anti climactic?

Rating: 6/10 (22 May 2006)

After reading the book(which I couldn't seem to put down), I was very excited to hear they were making the film. Especially, when I saw that Ron Howard would be directing the flick. Add in the stellar cast that had signed on to do the project, and it has to be a great movie right? Wrong.
The "Da Vinci Code" is pretty good, and worth the ticket price, IF(and I stress) you have read the book. However, if you haven't there's just too much historical and theoretical information being spewed to fully absorb in that short of time. At least that's how my wife and friends(whom I saw it with) felt.
Tom Hanks and Audrey Tattou displayed good chemistry, except for the last scene they are in. The acting of Hanks, Reno and McKellan was on par, but the stand out was Paul Bettany, his performance was stellar as Silas! Tattou's acting was a little weak, though.
Overall, Howard was faithful to the book, but for me it just didn't work like I had hoped. Granted, I'd had high expectations, but the film just didn't deliver.