Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Fox)
Sean Connery and his sidekick Christian Slater are Franciscan monks visiting a monastery in northern Italy. Connery puts his amateur sleuth skills to work when a series of deaths rock the monastery. Clues lead to a mysterious library housed in a labyrinth where a missing book by Aristotle is closely guarded. However, when the Inquisition shows up he is accused of heresy and must defend himself. Slater is annoying and his character completely unnecessary, while Connery's accent can be a struggle to understand. The sets are stunning and medieval atmosphere authentic, but the plot lacks momentum to sustain its over 2-hour running time.
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