I went to see it today. It won't rank on my list of great movies; but it was certainly entertaining. It remained mostly faithful to the book except for minor detail near the end dealing with Sophie's family. It might seem a bit confusing to those who haven't read the book, or who don't know the details of books like Holy Blood, Holy Grail; but at this point, many millions have read the book.

Ian McKellan is wonderful. There is some nice humor in there as well. Tom Hanks actually seems credible as Langston, which surprised me. I'd much rather have seen one of the original people up for the part of Sophie, Sophie Marceau, get the role; but that's just because I'm a big fan of Marceau. Jean Reno is wonderful as the French police detective, too.

The book was entertaining and so was the movie. Are either masterpieces of literature or film? No. But it was worth the price of admission.