Alfred Molina, Audrey Tautou, Etienne Chicot

The murder of a curator at the Louvre reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected since the days of Christ. Only the victim's granddaughter and Robert Langdon, a famed symbolog...( read more  read more... )ist, can untangle the clues he left behind. The two become both suspects and detectives searching for not only the murderer but also the stunning secret of the ages he was charged to protect.

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 29 min.

Directed by: Ron Howard

Release Date: May 19, 2006

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DVD Release Date: November 14, 2006

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  • September 29, 2009
    Haven't read the book. This just didn't live up to the hype. I thought I would love the concept of the symbologist, but it wasn't that exciting.
  • September 18, 2009
    The Da Vinci Code is one craze I can do without. To be fair I had no interest in the whole thing before I watched this movie so it was little surprise I didn't like it but that said, it really isn't a great film. I'd rather do a crossword puzzle instead!
  • July 21, 2009
    A masterpiece. An astonishing, brilliant, nail-biting, gripping, fast paced and spectacular edge of your seat thriller. It's stunning, thrilling and absolutely breathtaking. It's intelligent, stylish, remarkable and unforgettable. Director, Ron Howard has crafted a beautifully co...( read more)nstructed, anticipated and mind-blowing mystery. It has plenty of top-notch performances from it's all-star cast. Tom Hanks has never been better. Ian McKellen is magnificent. Alfred Molina is teriffic. Jean Reno is fantastic. It's one of the year's most amasing and exhilerating entertainments. It's a total blast from beginging to end that you wont forget. Pure spun gold. An awsome globe-hopping adventure with great chases and twist that you will love right to the very end.
  • May 30, 2009
    There has been a murder of a curator at the Louvre in Paris. Robert (Tom Hanks) goes on an all night hunt for the truth.
    Loved Dan Brown's book. Slightly disappointed by adaptation. Too short not enough detail.
  • December 31, 2008
    ''What really matters is what you believe.''

    A murder inside the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity.

    Tom Ha

    ...( read more)nks: Dr. Robert Langdon

    ''Why is it divine or human? Can't human be divine?''

    A curator is murdered in Paris's revered Louvre Museum. The French police, lead by Leutenant Bezu Fache(Jean Reno) call on the expertise of Professor Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), an expert in Pagan Symbols, when mysterious, blood-drenched patterns are found all over the body. However, Fache's suspicions of Robert have already been aroused and, unknown to the professor, he's slipped a tracking device on him. Then Agent Nevu(Audrey Tautou) intervenes, springs him from the museum and begins a wild chase around Paris full of wild twists and turns. Robert learns the curator was Nevu's grand-father and was involved with a religious sect called The Priory of Sion. It all mounts up to a monk, Silas Paul Bettany) sent by the religious sect of Opus Dei and the ultimate re-writing of history.

    There's nothing like controversy to get something talked about, and it seems the best results are when that controversy involves religion. Dan Brown's much talked about novel The Da Vinci Code set off much consternation by basically re-writing the bible- and now that controversy has been adapted to the big screen.
    The book suffered from badly constructed dialogue but still managed to be a relentless, addictive, page turner that fired at you with interesting fact after interesting fact and kept you on the edge of your seat till the last page. The film adaptation, then, is as good as can be expected. It's well cast. Tom Hanks is just the kind of lead you need for this kind of thing, but he's not at his best here. Jean Reno also has appeal as Captain Fache, Tautou and Bettany are also very engaging in support but it's Ian McKellen who steals the show here as eccentric old grail enthusiast Sir Leigh Leabing, delivering the most spirited and compelling performance. And it has a reliable director in Ron Howard. But if you've read the book, the film offers little in the way of it's own variation on the story and pretty much just plays it like it was in the book, making it a bit of a dull and unsurprising thing after a while. If you haven't read the book, do so, it'll be much more rewarding.

    ''As long as there has been one true God, there has been killing in his name.''

    Some of the facts are unnecessarily distorted like Jacque Suniere was not really Sophie's Grand-father, but in fact he is shown to be her real Grand-father in the novel. She even has a brother that she is re-united with in the end. Most importantly, the reason, a man would entrust the most powerful secret in history of mankind to a man he has never met before is once again given a sexist explanation in the movie. Sophie is too clueless and too helpless to resolve the mystery on her own so the wise Grandfather tells her to find her Knight in shining armor, Robert Langdon. To an extent that maybe the case, however, even more important reason is that Robert Langdon had written a manuscript that his publisher had sent to Jacque Suniere to get his praise for the book and in that he unknowingly spells out the location of the Grail itself.

    Aside from messing up the underlying main theme of the Novel, the main focus of 'Knights Templars' and 'Priory of Sion', this is an interesting range of vocal points.
    Usually one finds that novel was way better than the movie, but here the difference is debatable. You could for all practical purposes either watch this movie or read the Novel, missing parts, from what is pointed out above.

    ''The holy grail 'neath ancient Roslin waits. The blade and chalice guarding o'er her gates. Adorned in masters' loving art, she lies. She rests at last beneath the starry skys.''

  • November 7, 2009
    Demasiado revuelo y tan poca consistencia en la trama con escenas por demas increhibles como esa de las palomas que revolotean para distraer al malo y asi puedan los buenos escapar es como si dios mismo en la pelicula quisiera ayudarlos, no puedo decir que es mejor el libro no lo...( read more) he leido y nunca lo leere despues de ver esta pelicula
  • November 4, 2009
    grr.. they making their lives more complicated with all those codes. that's bullshit.. the misery is better left unsaid
  • November 3, 2009
    One of the most brilliant movie I've ever seen, and the book was really mind blowing!
  • November 3, 2009
    Esta bien a secas. Basada en mentiras... pero la pelicula esta entretenida.
  • November 3, 2009
    whoa... love it. wanna c it one more time wid ma friend. Ya... muzc in the end is awesome. Hans zimmer ROCKS!!!!

Critic Reviews


May 23, 2006
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

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... full review

May 19, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

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. full review

May 18, 2006
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

It is simply one of those movies which may have been made with the best of intentions but tries to appeal to too many people to be remotely interesting. full review

May 18, 2006
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

If there's anything to be learned from this dud, it's that when you decide to adapt an explosive property like The Da Vinci Code, playing it safe isn't safe ... full review

May 18, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Ron Howard's adaptation of Dan Brown's bestseller is punishingly long, dramatically overwrought and fatally short on the thrills we demand from summertime blockbusters. full review

May 18, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Howard doesn't move the story along as quickly or as smartly as he should. (It's a sad state of affairs when Hanks' character is actually asked to utter the words 'We have to get to the library, fast!') full review

May 18, 2006
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie works; it's involving, intriguing and constantly seems on the edge of startling revelations. full review

May 17, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

There's no code to decipher. Da Vinci is a dud -- a dreary, droning, dull-witted adaptation of Dan Brown's religioso detective story ... full review

May 17, 2006
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

... 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 wi...

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Comments


  • kraydel84
    August 26, 2009
    read the "the hiram key"
    a related book,
    it might be helpful to you all!
  • AnthonyPo
    May 6, 2009
    This movie was not as good as the novel.
  • poetmistress
    April 27, 2009
    The book was better than the movie. If you cannot keep up with the intensity of the book---don't do the movie.
  • pavacri23
    July 19, 2008
    this evrytime i see it i understand better and is pretty good story althought is not truth is just a theory
  • karthu1993
    March 31, 2008
    Enjoyable. One of Tom Hank's best movies.
  • HANY899
    December 8, 2007
    greaaaaaaaaaaaaat movie and we need more fucts
  • cuteabby25
    September 27, 2007
    great
  • catybeth89
    September 7, 2007
    Why is Paul Bettany not listed as an actor in this movie??? He's what made The DaVinci Code great as a film! He portrayed Silas perfectly.
  • Smile4me1time
    May 22, 2007
    liked the book even more
  • punkgirl026
    May 19, 2007
    this is the best movie i have ever seen it's mysterious and it was so polemic i love watching it over and over because i still get to see new things in it.i love the end in which sophie and robert say good bye because it has an extremely good message. people leave all those mean comments because they are afraid of it but they don't really understand,i hope that angels & demons it's as good or better than this one. this is the best movie!!!

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