This is a great feel-good movie of true life. The acting was superb. The movie had enough action to keep it moving. The plot had me on the edge of my seat since I didn't know the actual outcome of the game. I was really into it so that means it was well done.
I was not disappointed in this movie. Usually the book is much better but they did a good job of following the book. I thought the religious aspects were treated well. The Vatican and various churches and locations looked to be real. I thought they tried a bit too hard to make the action parts tense as they rushed to yet another location, alas to be too late. But the symbolism was well explained and 'credible' for a fiction story line based on some fact. I found the Vatican scenes to be extremely interesting - the archives, the process of the cardinals gathering and voting for the pope, the Swiss Guard, etc. Worth the time to see it.