Wrong director

Rating: 1/10 (19 May 2006)

This movie needed a Jonathan Demme to lift it above its truly boring cinematic contrivances. Ron Howard is a "cute" American movie guy but making great cinema is not his forte. It is difficult to believe that the Audrey Tatou in TDVC is the same riveting actress of Amelie and A Very Long Engagement. I actually began to scoff at what was unfolding before me on the big screen. Instead of "grabbing" me and holding my interest, this clunker of a dud made me feel very cynical and I walked out one half hour into this monstrous Hollywood rip off. It will be a long time before I pay money to see a big studio financed movie. I'll be sticking with independent film and foreign entries. The Roman Catholic Church must indeed be happy with this cheap send up of its most unrealistic and cruel dogma. I write this as an avid anti-Catholic.