Cracking the Da Vinci Code (2004) (V)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Simon Cox

Writers:

Simon Cox (writer)
Geof Petch (writer)

Release Date:

1 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Author Simon Cox takes you on a journey to the action sites of Dan Brown's novel and introduces the authors and thinkers that were Brown's inspiration. An EXTRA section delves into a deeper mystery behind The Da Vinci Code. |

Plot Keywords:

Holy Grail | Leonardo Da Vinci | Secret Code | Religious History | Mary Magdalene

Cast

Susan Davies	...	Narrator
Stephen A. Hoeller	...	Stephen A. Hoeller
Mark Oxbrow	...	Mark Oxbrow
Lynn Picknett	...	Lynn Picknett
Clive Prince	...	Clive Prince

Also Known As:

Inside the Da Vinci Code (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-3 | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Company:

UFO Global Media

Most boring documentary ever

OK, so who hasn't read "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown? If you haven't then try to because the novel is an amazing read. Everybody's talking about it. Yes, Ron Howard (director of A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, the Grinch) is even going to make a movie out of it starring Tom Hanks. Many scholars, academics and religious figures are talking about the novel (with a mixture of positive and negative comments) and if you've read the novel you know why.

Simon Cox tries to delve into the history and truth of the controversial facts presented in Brown's novel. He shows us the places and paintings that appear in the novel that many of the readers of the book found fascinating to know more about. Now, I love the novel and I wanted to know more about it, but to God's honest truth, Cox does not do a very good job of this documentary in regards to what he's trying to claim to present as in delving "Inside the Da Vinci Code". Yes, there are some interesting facts that are conveyed, but it's all very poorly executed. To put it down to one word... B-O-R-I-N-G. Don't bother with this documentary if you've already seen Bowling For Columbine or Super Size Me because if you have seen these your expectations of documentaries, I believe, would be high right about now. This documentary will bore the pants off you. It bore it off me. And once I had finished watching it I was so angry. I had hardly understood Cox's thesis of this documentary and wondered why he did it in the first place if he knew he was going to make it as boring as it is. Yes, the info would have been very interesting if it were showed in a more entertaining manner. But this documentary does nothing to help in learning more about the Da Vinci code. Trust me. Don't bother.