Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati - a secret, underground organization - after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.
If these movies made any damned sense, the public response might be no more than a yawn.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
18 May 2009
rotten:
We're left to wonder, who in the Vatican can really be trusted? And also, will Ron Howard continue to make movies about a character who comes alive on the page, but sputters on the big screen?
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
18 May 2009
rotten:
This is not a good movie.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
18 May 2009
rotten:
At one point Hanks can be glimpsed gasping for air, mid-endless-sentence. Has there ever been a flatter movie character played by a more innately likable star?
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2009
rotten:
Why are quality pros like Howard and Hanks involved in this enterprise? Do they need the money? Angels and Demons is sure to make plenty. But their artistic souls will do hard time in purgatory for it.