Mediocre

Rating: 1/10 (19 May 2006)

This is a bad movie that would have otherwise been completely overlooked (even given the cast and the director) had it not been for the book that it so religiously follows in almost every frame. Its sole purpose is to rake in the cash, but I am not sure it is going to do so. I confess my judgment on the movie would have been different had it not been for the director's abominable avoidance of risk-taking and his evident playing-it-safe attitude. Paradoxically, in this way the movie is completely opposite to the book - it is aptly made but unentertaining while the book is an interesting read, if a completely obnoxious one littered with quasi-scientific and quasi-historical BS. If you haven't read the book there's really no need to see the movie because it is really dull. If you have read the book seeing the movie will only leave you cold and disappointed. It's a lose-lose situation. 1/10