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Original title: Da Vinci Code, The Directed by
Ron Howard Written by
Akiva Goldsman, Dan Brown Cast
Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany [more]
Release Date
• USA: May 19, 2006
Budget USD 125,000,000
BoxOffice: $99.9M
Official Website:
The Da Vinci Code Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for disturbing images, violence, some nudity, thematic material, brief drug references and sexual content.
Running Time
2 hours, 32 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Brian Grazer/John Calley
Studio Columbia Pictures
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The Da Vinci Code (2006)
• The DaVinci Code
• Da Vinci Code, T2000he (2006)
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The Da Vinci Code Reviews |
...director Ron Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman have conspired to drain any sense of fun out of the melodrama,leaving expectant audiences with an oppressively talky film that isn't exactly dull, but comes as close to it as one could imagine with such provocative material; result is perhaps the best thing the project's critics could have hoped for... [read review]
--TODD MCCARTHY (Variety)
The film itself has a few problems, namely with the verbose dialogue and painfully long runtime (149 minutes), but Howard keeps it chugging along at a respectable pace, thanks most in part to the novel’s short-and-sweet method of storytelling...is the kind of film that allows the audience to see only what they believe, and unless you’re an admirer of Brown’s thrilling novel, you’ll quickly find that there’s not much else to enjoy. [read review] 
--Jason Zingale (Bullz-eye.com)
Howard’s version misses Brown’s inherent sense of astonishment. It lacks the joy of revelation, the excitement of code breaking, and the thrill that accompanies an impromptu quest. At best, this Code will satisfy anyone who hasn’t already deciphered Brown’s mysteries. For the rest of the approximately 40 million who have the misfortune of entering the theater after digesting Code, the movie is slow, drab, and devoid of adventure. [read review] 
--Sean O'Connell (FilmCritic.com)
Perhaps an interesting side-piece to those already fanatical about the book, the film version of The Da Vinci Code is ultimately a flawed and lifeless adaptation. There's nothing technically wrong with Howard's film, but Brown's approach to the novel is essentially untranslatable and that's perhaps more a criticism of the book than the film. [read review] 
--Joe Utichi (FilmFocus.co.uk)
Brown’s book was heavy on action, a real thrill ride with the two lead characters working as a team to decipher a series of clues and anagrams that ultimately lead them to the book’s version of the truth about the Holy Grail. The Da Vinci Code movie never captures that same sense of adventure... [read review] C+
--Rebecca Murray (About.com)
Just because the book was poorly written, had zero character development, a ludicrous story, and was completely uninvolving didn’t keep it from being a huge bestseller.... the fact that Director Ron Howard’s movie is far too long, has a lame script, no premise, and mediocre acting and directing won’t keep it from making money...Suffice it to say that Howard has done a wonderful job of capturing the spirit of the book. The movie is slow, boring, factually inaccurate, and absurd. Bring lots of caffeine. [read review] 3/10
--Tony Medley (TonyMedley.com)
A colleague of mine recently observed that of all the words one could use to describe The Da Vinci Code, "boring" would probably be the most surprising. "Silly," we were ready for. "Ludicrous," "far-fetched," and "half-baked," sure. A disposable summer movie based on a potboiler bestseller.... [read review] D
--Rob Vaux (Flipsidemovies.com)
...This was a film someone, anyone had to make simply because somebody, everybody would pay to see before it shuffles loose from memory within a week. With such an overblown cultural phenomenon, it nearly seems futile to offer up a discouraging review. “So dark the con of man” will nonetheless become “so rich the studio of Sony”, so let us bow our heads in prayer and shake them in pity... [read review]
--William Goss (eFilmCritic.com)
Ultimately, this is yet another movie that isn't nearly as good as its subject matter promises, but then neither was the awful book that it's based on. Nor is it the terrible piece of tripe that some reviewers have dubbed it. It's ... well, it's a Ron Howard film. It does the job, it doesn't suck, and two days after you've seen it you'll have trouble remembering a single detail. It's the movie equivalent of a Sudoku puzzle, and only you can decide if that's worth the price of movie ticket. [read review]
--Dawn Taylor (eFilmCritic.com)
What should have been a thriller with interesting people tracing improbable but interesting clues to an ending that is, if not a surprise, at least satisfying, is instead a two-and-a-half hour slog that tries the patience of even the most saintly in the audience. It takes a great deal of time, and travels to a great many locales, to do absolutely nothing worth seeing. [read review] 
--Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews)
...it's a relatively mindless affair that offers adequate entertainment value while displaying obvious, and often irritating, flaws. The controversy has made seeing The Da Vinci Code a more desirable night out than it might otherwise have been, but it won't take long before potential audience members recognize that the Emperor has no clothes. One could classify The Da Vinci Code as diverting, but it has sidestepped greatness by a wide margin. [read review] 
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
...The knight, after enduring Langdon's there-is-no-grail, it's-actually-a-woman and what-you-drank-was-probably-poison spiel could inquire, quite sedately, why it is then that his family have remained sanctioned at a bogus post for umpteen generations. Unsatisfied by Hanks' blabbering retort the knight then happily announces the departure of his head from its resting point (Tom's first and potentially Oscar winning head-roll). [read review] 
And that since everyone has read the novel, I need only give away one secret -- that the movie follows the book religiously. While the book is a potboiler written with little grace and style, it does supply an intriguing plot. Luckily, Ron Howard is a better filmmaker than Dan Brown is a novelist; he follows Brown's formula (exotic location, startling revelation, desperate chase scene, repeat as needed) and elevates it into a superior entertainment, with Tom Hanks as a theo-intellectual Indiana Jones. [read review] 
--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
Mostly, though, The Da Vinci Code, the book, is a barely fictionalized Comparative Mythology for Dummies, and so the movie is, too. Which isn’t entirely a bad thing...If you already know who Mithras is, though, or have heard of such ideas as “the divine feminine,” you’ll find that much that is exciting about The Da Vinci Code to uninformed audiences will leave you less than thrilled. [read review]
Fans of the book may enjoy finally seeing the characters on the screen, but for the most part, the movie adds nothing new to the experience for anyone who's read the book, and little of interest to anyone who hasn't. Ultimately, it makes the flaws in Brown's source material--the storytelling ones, not anything to do with the religious theories--that much more apparent. "The Da Vinci Code" may just be one of those cases of a book that doesn't translate well onto the screen... [read review] 4/10
--Edward Douglas (ComingSoon.net)
This is goofy stuff, folks, but Howard and his stern-faced actors treat it like it's Shakespeare, and not the fun kind, either. Tom Hanks has never seemed so dull, and the pixie-ish Audrey Tautou's only job is to be surprised by everything. ("What? Quoi?Are you saying...? Do you mean...?" etc.)... [read review] C+
--Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
...is not a bad film but instead more... disappointing. Taking a good 20-minutes off would've made the pacing better, though then Howard would alienate the book's core base. This is why adapting a novel is difficult as books hold so much information thatit is nearly impossible to include everything needed, so one wonders if this was the case here. I consider Code to be disappointing, not the major stinker that some around have trashed it. [read review] 
--Brian Oliver (MovieMansGuide.com)
..."Who is God, who is man?" It's a question The Da Vinci Code is thoroughly incapable of answering, though hidden in the query seems to be an apt description of the film itself—for God, as any novice symbologist knows, is also an anagram for dog. [read review] 
--Nick Schager (SlantMagazine.com)
...But even with all the hoopla surrounding this film, there is not a whole lot to worry about here. I don't see The Da Vinci Code making any kind of permanent mark on the history of movies. It's just not that good of a film. [read review] 5/10
--Brendan Cullin (EmpireMovies.com)
Trapped in this earnest, emotionally thin thriller, Hanks does as much as he can with his cipher of a role, but for all his innate appeal and authority, he's surprisingly colorless as the claustrophobic hero.... [read review] 
--TIM KNIGHT (Reel.com)
Overall, the film just goes through the motions and doesn't try to make any waves, an irony that becomes more visible when we consider how much noise the novel has made and continues to make... [read review] 5/10
--Jeffrey Chen (WindowToMovies.com)
One of the most talk driven summer flicks in living memory, an out of sorts Howard transforms what should be a fun treasure trail romp into something inert and borderline dreary. [read review]
--Ian Freer (Empire Online)
The Da Vinci Code is not nearly the disaster or deserving of the critical drubbing it has received. It is a better than average popcorn film that runs a bit long. [read review]
--Julian Roman (MovieWeb)
It’s a long trip around religious theories and elaborate puzzles, but it’s a trip worth taking for some slow-burn decoding delights. [read review] 
--Brian Orndorf (eFilmCritic.com)
The Da Vinci Code has its moments, but it's unforgivably dull in places and frequently both poorly directed and laughably silly. [read review]
--Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
A jumble of historical myth, religious symbology and international thriller-action makes for an unwieldy, bloated melodrama. [read review]
--Kirk Honeycutt (Hollywod Reporter)
...Especially if said movie is as slight and mediocre as “The Da Vinci Code.” [read review]
--David Cornelius (eFilmCritic.com)
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