The Village Voice, May 24th, 2006
The Da Vinci Code
Directed by Ron Howard
Columbia, in release
Louvre Story
Hanks and Howard turn bestselling Christian skulduggery into long-winded History Channel special
Stuffed with book learnin', worshipful of scholarship, queasy about violent action, and motored by anagrams and Riddler-style brainteasers, the obligatory film incarnation of The Da Vinci Code is something of a locker-stuffed nerd in Blockbuster High School. Studiously faithful to the ubiquitous bestseller, Ron Howard's film is uniquely clotted with history and mythology for a bankrolling summer movie, a form virtually ...
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