Well, this looks like a rocky start for the anticipated, and much ballyhooed, movie The Da Vinci Code. Cannes is supposed to be a very, very tough place to premiere a film. The audience is notoriously tough to please. But some reviewer's comments don't bode well for the film. I'm sure it will be a money-maker since it's directed by Ron Howard and stars Tom Hanks.
Frankly, I hated the book. Not only was it based on a wild-eyed conspiracy theory – or actually a lot of wild-eyed theories, it also was horribly written. Clumsy dialog and completely implausible scenarios abounded. I slogged through it, but wouldn't re-read it.
Now if Howard had wanted a positive reaction to the film at Cannes, all he had to do would be put some anti-Bush stuff into the film. The French would have gone wild with praise.
UPDATE: THe movie isn't a hit with albinos, either. I'm sorry guys, this is a silly thing to raise an objection to.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
Or their taste.