The Da Vinci Code
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  • Summary: Based on Dan Brown's popular and controversial novel, The Da Vinci Code begins with a spectacular murder in the Louvre Museum. All clues point to a covert religious organization that will stop at nothing to protect a secret that threatens to overturn 2,000 years of accepted dogma. (Sony)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 40
  3. Negative: 7 out of 40
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    100
    Ron Howard's splendid The Da Vinci Code is the Holy Grail of summer blockbusters: a crackling, fast-moving thriller that's every bit as brainy and irresistible as Dan Brown's controversial bestseller.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Steve Davis
    67
    If you take this stuff seriously, one way or another, you're sure to be duped. You've got to hand it to Mr. Brown: So dark the con of man, indeed.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    58
    The surprise, and disappointment, of The Da Vinci Code is how slipshod and hokey the religious detective story now seems.
  4. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    50
    Howard and Goldsman have efficiently touched all the bases. But they haven't found a way to replicate the book's page-turning urgency.
  5. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    50
    Lacks suspense, momentum and visual panache.
  6. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    40
    Da Vinci never rises to the level of a guilty pleasure. Too much guilt. Not enough pleasure.
  7. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Anthony Lane
    0
    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.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 132 out of 223
  2. Mixed: 33 out of 223
  3. Negative: 58 out of 223
  1. kitty
    Jul 6, 2008
    10
    I absolutely loved this movie! I was completely entertained, and I have never read the book so I had no idea how it was going to end, which was a nice change since I normally have movies all figured out by the halfway point.… Expand
  2. [Anonymous]
    May 20, 2006
    10
    I did not read the book. I thought it was a very well done screenplay. The plot was interesting and had a good amount of twists. It's based on enough fact to make it believable fiction. It is fiction nonetheless.… Expand
  3. MikeJ.
    May 19, 2006
    9
    Much better than the book! But that's not saying much. I rate it high because I think it is a very tough book to make into a good movie, especially a big summer movie, and I think they pulled it off. Entertaining and interesting.… Expand
  4. WaqasK.
    May 21, 2006
    7
    Great representation of all the pieces of puzzles that are associated with each other. The topic is little controversial but overall the movie was a blast. Ron Howard kept the thrill from start to the end. The movie is kind of long but you dont notice while watching it. I can see this movie another couple of times without any breaking a sweat.… Expand
  5. BillyS.
    Jun 8, 2006
    5
    "Sir...Sir... Wake up Sir, the movies over Sir. It's time to go home . Wake up now."
  6. tallmanwriting
    Nov 26, 2012
    3
    Boring. I'm required to write a much long review just to qualify as a metacritic review. But for this laborious snoozefest, one word would really suffice: boring. Tom Hanks: boring. Gandalf: boring. French people: boring. See something else.… Expand
  7. MarioD.
    May 19, 2006
    0
    The film and its actors must be inmediatly considered as front runners for the Raspberry awards... they are the sure winners.

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