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Seems word of mouth is decidely fair-to-meh, following on a tidal wave of critical disasterism. Opening weekend was always going to be critic-proof, and I'm sure Sony was betting on the film simply compelling every reader of the book to be a payer for the movie ... hence profit guaranteed regardless of quality or reviews.
Ironically, it's not any Christian broo-ha-ha that's making this a must-see, but rather the critical drubbing itself ... which I think created a have-to-see-it-for-themselves sorta backlash with the public.
Pfht, even with "meh" being the best I've heard, I'm still going to see it with zapppop on Tuesday. But I popped in a DVD tonight of a movie that Hanks really sold with a tremendous performance ("Cast Away"), and I think a phoned-in Tom Hanks performance is going to be a big disappointment.
And the movie version of The DaVinci Code being only so-so is itself a pretty big disappointment.
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