![]() Jean Reno and Paul Bettany are pretty solid, but it is Ian McKellan, who is a great actor and rarely disappoints in anything he's in, who gives the best performance of the film. ![]() The acting was pretty decent, though all have given better performances, and this includes Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou in the leads. But this is compensated by the splendid locations, especially Paris itself, and the music by Hans Zimmer was very nice, if not his best work. The dialogue is a little clunky, the violence like the whipping quite disturbing, and the direction perhaps too leisurely. Though with all the different views on Christianity and the complicated plot, it is confusing and convoluted. My dad loved the book, and he thinks the film did it justice, and at 17 I liked it. This was much better than I expected, and it is far from the worst film ever made. ![]()
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