Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

baradanikto I am shocked, that this film has such a low rating. This film ticks all the boxes and more. Hitchcockian suspense that keeps you wondering what is going to happen next.Great atmosphere, clever, subtle cinematography and pace.Great acting that fits this type of film.I've been glued to this film all of the four times I've watched it this week.If I had the money I would buy the books (watch the film - no spoilers here !)Highly recommended.A well deserved 10/10 from me, and a film that you can re-watch and enjoy.

EricMcCullough1 A bit obscure but I just really love this movie. Primarily I think it is the atmosphere that it creates which is just fantastic. As others have commented on the score is just fantastic and I love Johnny Depp's character in it.

willclayburn the film is great when the protagonist begins the journey. reluctantly taking on the task of locating a book nearly lost to time but all copies are being collected. nefarious cults and a mysterious helper cloud his mind as he faces death and if forced to do what he doesn't wish to do. seriously there is a jump off a cliff in the end i recommend shutting the movie off when the green eyes make sense. all that comes after is a crappy cartoony light and castle i admit a good ending to this film would have been difficult an Polanski didn't meet it.Depp is great in his role

bricslove I have no idea how I'd have rated this had they indexed the movie with more attention.This movie basically is an adventure with a bit of comedy sprinkled along in it. It actually has more comedic elements in it than thriller. It promises for more and fails to deliver only because the single twist it's supposed to have, is no twist really. You just watch what you already know unfold in the wake of the plot.This is a nice movie to watch with perhaps some memorably funny moments. Its slow pacing isn't intended for suspense, it rather contributes to the movie's secretive atmosphere which is hard to find nowadays in adventure & mystery movies. Some scenes and settings look like they are taken straight out of a tale. Something Polanski has a knack for, I believe. These scenes that set the atmosphere of the movie are of course finely attuned to its overall beautifully crafted cinematography. I mean to say the mood is consistent throughout the movie and I deem this a success most of the time.I loved Langhella's performance. All the actors in this movie are really talented, except maybe Emanuelle Seigner. She is fine but with all the talented actors setting the bar high, her craft falls behind a bit. The twins were really fun to watch.The problem has to do with the content of the story rather than the storyline. In a movie with a secretive atmosphere like this where tension is slowly built up towards unraveling the unknown you also anticipate an elaboration on details that would render that "unknown" something worthy of knowing. You expect the discovery to be something worth your while, and when it ends up in a revelation you thought the director already made in the first half of the movie, because it fails to meet the expectation this secretive atmosphere has evoked in you so as to imply there is more to it, you realize the rest of the story was maybe supposed to be an adventure and you failed to recognize it and it disappoints you. Either that, or, Polanski failed to meet the demand he himself had created by giving clues early on. Since I am the audience, I consider the latter to be the case.This is not a drawback. This is a major flaw in a movie otherwise pleasant to watch. But pleasant is relative, so...