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The DaVinci Code, 2006
English, French, Latin
USA
Profile of The DaVinci Code
The DaVinci Code can be described as clever, suspenseful, and mind bending. The plot revolves around an ancient mystery, riddles and clues, and conspiracies. The main genres are thriller, mystery, and drama. In terms of style, The DaVinci Code involves twists and turns. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a monastery and in a church. The DaVinci Code is located in Paris and the Holy Land. It takes place in contemporary times. The movie has received attention for being a blockbuster and controversial. Note that The DaVinci Code involves mild violent content.
Summary of The DaVinci Code
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.
Details
| Language: | English, French, Latin |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 19 May 2006 |
| Runtime: | 149 min |
Cast and Crew
as Dr. Robert Langdon
as Agent Sophie Neveu
as Sir Leigh Teabing
as Bishop Manuel Aringarosa
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Los Angeles Times
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- by: Kenneth Turan
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- 30.March.2009
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- by: Parker in MN
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4/10Disappointing
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