The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 220
Fresh: 55 | Rotten: 165
What makes Dan Brown's novel a best seller is evidently not present in this dull and bloated movie adaptation of The Da Vinci Code.
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Critic Reviews: 46
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 42
What makes Dan Brown's novel a best seller is evidently not present in this dull and bloated movie adaptation of The Da Vinci Code.
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Dan Brown's controversial best-selling novel about a powerful secret that's been kept under wraps for thousands of years comes to the screen in this suspense thriller from director Ron Howard. The stately silence of Paris' Louvre museum is broken when one of the gallery's leading curators is found dead on the grounds, with strange symbols carved into his body and left around the spot where he died. Hoping to learn the significance of the symbols, police bring in Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), a
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Cast
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Tom Hanks
Robert Langdon -
Audrey Tautou
Sophie Neveu -
Ian McKellen
Sir Leigh Teabing -
Alfred Molina
Bishop Aringarosa -
Jürgen Prochnow
Vernet -
Paul Bettany
Silas -
Jean Reno
Captain Bezu Fache -
Jean-Yves Berteloot
Remy Jean -
Etienne Chicot
Lieutenant Collet -
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Jacques Saunière, Jacq... -
Marie-Françoise Audollent
Sister Sandrine -
Rita Davies
Elegant Woman at Rossly... -
Francesco Carnelutti
Prefect -
Seth Gabel
Michael -
Fausto Maria Sciarappa
Youngest Church Officia... -
Denis Podalydès
Controller -
Harry Taylor
British Police Captain -
Clive Carter
Biggin Hill Police Capt... -
Garance Mazureck
Sophie at 13 Years -
Daisy Doidge-Hill
Sophie at 8 Years -
Lilli Ella Kelleher
Sophie at 3 Years -
Crisian Emanuel
Sophie's Mother -
Charlotte Graham
Mary Magdalene -
Xavier De Guillebon
Junkie -
Tonio Descanvelle
Bank Guard -
David Bark-Jones
Hawker Pilot -
Serretta Wilson
American Woman -
Eglantine Rembauville
Student -
Dan Tondowski
Student -
Aewia Huillet
Student -
Roland John-Leopoldie
Student -
David Saracino
DCPJ Agent -
Lionel Guy-Bremond
Officer Ledoux -
Yves Aubert
Louvre Computer Cop -
Rachael Black
Policewoman -
Dez Drummond
London Police -
Mark Roper
London Policeman -
Brock Little
American Embassy Cop -
Matthew Butler
Westminster Cop -
Roland Menou
DCPJ Technician -
Tina Maskell
Silas' Mother -
Peter Pedrero
Silas' Father -
Sam Mancuso
Pope -
André Lillis
Pope -
Mario Vernazza
Young Constantine -
Agathe Natanson
Ritual Priestess -
Daz Parker
Peasant Mother -
Andrew Robb
Peasant Father -
Tom Barker
Peasant Boy -
Maggie McEwan
Peasant Girl -
Michael Bertenshaw
Priest -
Sarah Wildor
Priestess -
David Bertrand
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All Critics (230) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (59) | Rotten (172) | DVD (33)
Completing the trail of cryptic clues simply becomes an end in and of itself -- think Sudoku: The Movie -- with little in the way of whimsy, star chemistry or excitement to enliven the dour plod.
Top CriticEven as a visual aid, The Da Vinci Code is a deep-dyed disappointment. Paris by night never looked murkier.
... a first-rate thriller ...
If only it were allowed to be merely a cheesy romp, an Indy Jones movie with more sophisticated stereotypes and far less humor. But apparently this is no mere pop novel-turned-high-hat megaplex product.
What's wrong with The Da Vinci Code can be summed up in one word: everything!
I won't go so far as to recommend it, and I can't imagine ever wanting to see it again.
The exposition is actually the best and most valuable part of the film
Too meekly middlebrow to really affront
What seems credible on page is ludicrous in action.
If anything, The Da Vinci Code may fall prey to the lesser-known mistake of sticking too close to the book instead of preserving its spirit, but making the necessary changes to make it work on film.
Slow-moving, talky translation of popular novel.
So intent on being faithful, The DaVinci Code forgets to be entertaining.
Any movie with a skulking albino assassin begs for campy, self-aware treatment, but Howard and scripter Akiva Goldsman serve it all up straight-faced.
Who knows whether Dan Brown was motivated by a distaste for Catholicism or merely by money? Regardless, it seems dishonest for him to foist his debunked heresies on the gullible, unsuspecting public as if they're the God's honest truth.
The DVD version comes in a two-disc set with a load of special features on the second disc.
A great film to look at and Salvatore Totino's cinematography is pitch-perfect.
Audience Reviews for The Da Vinci Code
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- Captain Bezu Fache: Robert Langdon is guilty.
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- Silas: I am a ghost.
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- Silas: Lord give me strengh.
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- Sophie Neveu: Princess Sophie.
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- The Da Vinci Code - Sakrileg (DE)
- Da Vinci Code (FR)
