


Hanks’s case, this legerdemain depends on his natural appeal, which has deepened as he’s settled into stardom, as well as his ability to bring remarkable characters down to earth.

Hanks, slipping back into the role of the so-called symbologist Robert Langdon for a third time, is a master of that great Hollywood sleight of hand in which a big star beguiles you so artfully that you don’t see (or simply ignore) the deception. In this case, the story may not make any sense, but they’re going to throw so much at you - so many jumpy moves, so many tangled threads - that you might not notice (or care).Ĭertainly Mr. Once again, this one comes to you from the director Ron Howard and his producing partner, Brian Grazer, who bring clenched-jaw commitment and a whole mess of filmmaking to every project, even the most disposable. Hanks is running (and running) through another muddled Dan Brown maze. Late in “Inferno,” Tom Hanks blurts out, “My God, this is a labyrinth.” Well, of course it is, because Mr.
