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Reviews |
Average
Grade: |
C+ |
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Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"If you liked the
book, you'll be fine."
more... |
B- |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...a small,
surprisingly ordinary movie."
more... |
C |
Chicago
Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Dan Brown's novel
is utterly preposterous; Ron Howard's movie is
preposterously entertaining."
more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
"How can a film
contain so many clues yet remain utterly
clueless? "
more... |
C- |
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E! Online |
"Simply decoded,
Da Vinci ain't da bomb -- but it ain't a
bomb, either."
more... |
C+ |
Entertainment
Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"The film is
faithful enough, but it's hard to imagine it
making many converts."
more... |
C+ |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...can't help but
fail to measure up to its literary predecessor."
more... |
C- |
Hollywood
Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...an unwieldy,
bloated melodrama."
more... |
C- |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...a crackling,
fast-moving thriller that's every bit as brainy
and irresistible as Dan Brown's controversial
bestseller."
more... |
A |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"...above all a
murder mystery. And as such, once it gets going,
Mr. Howard's movie has its pleasures."
more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...a dreary,
droning, dull-witted adaptation..."
more... |
D |
San Francisco
Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"A
pretty-good-but-who-cares effort."
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B- |
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...something of a
pleasant surprise."
more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"The most startling
revelation in the movie version of The Da
Vinci Code is the way it soft-pedals its
provocative premise and borders on tedium."
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