Mini Review - Angels and Demons

It’s been a while since I talked about the Da Vinci Code. Number of reasons, my schedule being full with other movies, the fact that these films rely heavily on religion, a subject in which I’m not very well versed and I am not myself religious, and finally because I found the Da Vinci Code itself quite boring and had little desire to return to the trilogy in any hurry. But, the time has come and I’m ready for it.

Released in 2009 it made $486m on a $150m budget, which is respectable but it didn’t exactly set the world on fire critically, with only a 37% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, still a marked improvement over The Da Vinci’s Code’s 25%.

Mini Review - The Da Vinci Code

I haven’t even started the review yet!

But yes, you’ve read that title right, this is the Da Vinci Code

So, pre-requisites for reviewing this movie:

No, I haven’t read the book by Dan Brown, I’m judging this on its own merits.

In terms of religion, I am atheist, so I’m not going to dwell on the religious aspect of the movie that has made it so controversial.

With that out of the way, released in 2006, the Da Vinci Code was financially successful, earning nearly $760m on a $150m budget. But critically it was less successful with a rotten 29% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average 4.8/10 score. It was also nominated for a razzie for worst direction but lost to M Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water (and rightfully so) but my thoughts are to follow.