Must set some sort of record...

Rating: 1/10 (19 May 2006)

My God! But this film is dire. Tom Hanks and what's her name could easily be replaced by shop window dummies for all the difference it would make! The 'plot' is transparently obvious, leaden and predictable - and no, I haven't read the book - and after watching this I certainly shan't bother. At no point did I find myself in any doubt of the outcome, nor did I care about any of the laughably two dimensional characters.
One can only suppose that the director and cast all decided 'Well, everyone on the planet has read the book (apart from me apparently) so why bother doing anything more than go through the motions and take the money?'.
The only relief is Ian McKellen's having a bit of fun with his not terribly convincing role.
Awful - if enough people bother wasting their money going to see it it will surely go down in history as one of the least significant, most boring films ever made - even the soundtrack is mind numbing!