Uninspired

Rating: 4/10 (21 May 2006)

This was not a movie I have waited to see. The book is terrific pulp, a real turn-pager. In Ron Howards hand the adaption to the big screen is no less than boring. The cinematography is great, and why shouldn't it be? Yo have the Louvre,Westminister Abbey and other postcard locations. It's beautiful. But the acting is wooden, and the dialog anything but natural, it's Tom Hanks worst role since Bonfire of the Vanities in 1990. This is The Da Vinci Code for dummies.
Ian McKellen does a great job as Teabing, and looks to be the only one who has a fun day at work. He gives us the theory of Jesus as a mortal with a great wink in the eye, a inspired choice. Rather than that I found the movie to serious, with no space for a good joke to loosen up the tension.