DA VINCI CODE” BOMBS WITH CRITICS
May 17, 2006

Here’s a sample of what critics who previewed “The Da Vinci Code” yesterday had to say about the movie:

· “Dud”; Unwieldy”; “Plodding.” (Reuters)

· “A Bloated Puzzle”; “The movie is so drenched in dialogue musing over arcane mythological and historical lore and scenes grow so static that even camera movement can’t disguise the dramatic inertia”; “No chemistry exists between the hero and the heroine.” (Hollywood Reporter)

· “Almost as bad as the book.” (Boston Globe)

· “High-minded lurid material sucked dry by a desperately solemn approach”; They’ve “drained all the fun out of the melodrama.” (Variety)

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