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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
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Reviews Counted:218
Fresh:53
Rotten:165
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: 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.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for disturbing images, violence, some nudity, thematic material, brief drug references and sexual content
Runtime: 2 hrs 54 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:May 19, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $217,536,138
Synopsis: Dan Brown's best-selling book THE DA VINCI CODE gets adapted for the big screen thanks to director Ron Howard (CINDERELLA MAN), who helms this big budget production. Veteran actor Tom Hanks stars... Dan Brown's best-selling book THE DA VINCI CODE gets adapted for the big screen thanks to director Ron Howard (CINDERELLA MAN), who helms this big budget production. Veteran actor Tom Hanks stars as professor Robert Langdon, whose Parisian lecture tour on feminine symbolism gets disrupted when he's implicated in a murder at the Louvre. Co-starring with Hanks is Audrey Tautou (AMELIE), the French police analyst who comes to Langdon's aid and who may hold the key to some of the mysteries. The cast is fleshed out by Jean Reno as a hangdog French detective who thinks he can trick Langdon into a confession; Paul Bettany as Silas, the murderous monk; Alfred Molina as an evil Catholic cardinal; and Ian McKellen, who steals the movie in the second act as a crotchety old authority on the Holy Grail. During the course of the film, all sorts of riddles, keys, clues, and enigmas are thrown in our hero's path, along with bullets, knives, and devious betrayals. Cinematographer Salvatore Toltino shoots in a dark and somber style, with lots of detailed flashbacks to grim scenes from ancient Rome, the Crusades, and the witch hunts of the Middle Ages. Tautou looks gorgeous in the perpetual dim light, as does the ancient French and British architecture. With so many centuries of hidden knowledge, cults, sects, and Christianity-shattering secrets involved, this may have been confusing to those not acquainted with the book, but Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman ingeniously weave the myriad layers into a true thrill ride. Ultimately, THE DA VINCI CODE is a thoughtful action film, with a refreshingly clear-eyed approach to world history that may scandalize the close-minded, but is sure to enlighten those open to new ideas. [More]
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany, Jürgen Prochnow
Director: Ron Howard
Director: Ron Howard
Screenwriter: Akiva Goldsman
Producer: John Calley, Brian Grazer
Composer: Hans Zimmer
Studio: Columbia Pictures
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Release:
Apr 28, 2009
Blu-ray Disc Features:
- 2-Disc Set
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
- Dolby True HD 5.1 - English
- Dubbed - French, Canadian
- Subtitles - English SDH, French
Interactive Features:
BDLive:
- 1. BD Live Enabled
Disc 1:
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary: NEW Select Scenes Commentary Ron Howard, Director
Disc 2:
Additional Release Material:
Featurette:
- 1. Include First Day On The Set with Ron Howard
- 2. A Discussion With Dan Brown
- 3. A Portrait of Langdon
- 4. Who Is Sophie Neveu?
- 5. Unusual Suspects
- 6. Magical Places
- 7. Close-up on Mona Lisa
- 8. The Filmmakers' Journey
- 9. The Codes of The Da Vinci Code
- 10. The Music of The Da Vinci Code
- 11. Book To Screen
- 12. The Da Vinci Props
- 13. The Da Vinci Sets
- 14. Re-creating Works of Art
- 15. The Visual Effects World of The Da Vinci Code
- 16. Scoring The Da Vinci Code
- 17. La Partie Francaise Du Da Vinci Code
Interactive Features:
- Unlocking the Code Interactive Picture-In-Picture (I-PIP)
Reviews for The Da Vinci Code
... Mr. Howard and Mr. Goldsman handle the supposedly provocative material in Mr. Brown's book with kid gloves, settling on an utterly safe set of conclusions about faith and its history, presented with the usual dull sententiousness.
Absent is the pure guilty joy of sequential puzzle-solving; instead of participating in the hunt, we're shoved off to the side as a couple of crashing boors do it for us.
I won’t go so far as to recommend it, and I can’t imagine ever wanting to see it again.
...only occasionally reaches the level of uninspired competence and almost never soars above.
"The Da Vinci Code" is essentially just another average Hollywood thriller. Nothing more.
The most controversial thriller of the year turns out to be about as exciting as watching your parents play Sudoku.
The Catholic Church has nothing to fear from this film. It is not just tripe. It is self-evident, spirit-lowering tripe that could not conceivably cause a single member of the flock to turn aside from the faith.
Indeed, everything about The Da Vinci Code is insular and insipid. Somewhere inside this creaky, crappy film is a real adventure romp waiting to be revealed.
If there's a flavor to describe director Ron Howard's all-too-faithful adaptation, it's vanilla.
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