Even less amusing than the more 'serious' Bond films.
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02/09/06
Casino Royale (1967)
28 %
Reviews Counted: 29 Fresh: 8 Rotten:21 Average Rating: 4.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins
Synopsis: This swinging spoof of Ian Fleming's spy hero features an aging James Bond (David Niven), reluctantly dragged out of retirement to chase down the evil crime clique called SMERSH. In order to confound the forces led by the villainous Le Chiffre (Orson Welles), the Secret Service enlists five... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Peter Sellers, Orson Welles
Screenwriter: Wolf Mankowitz, John Law, Michael Sayers, Billy Wilder, Val Guest, Joseph Heller, Ben Hecht, Terry Southern
Producer: Charles K. Feldman, Jerry Bresler
Composer: Burt Bacharach
Producer: Charles K. Feldman, Jerry Bresler
Composer: Burt Bacharach
Reviews
Top Critic
Peter Sellers has some amusing gags as the gambler, the chance of dressing up in various guises and a neat near-seduction scene with Ursula Andress.
08/15/07
Top Critic
A mess. Casino Royale is two hours and eleven minutes of non sequitur.
08/15/07
Out of five directors -- only McGrath manages to connect with this brontosaurian James Bond parody.
08/15/07
No less than five directors, including John Huston, and eight writers, including Billy Wilder and Ben Hecht, tried to salvage this lengthy, laden all-star Bond spoof--to no avail.
11/11/06
...only a very small minority of those acquainted with the more arcane aspects of 1960s cinema are going to have some appreciation for CASINO ROYALE.
06/26/05
It's the sort of reckless, disconnected nonsense that could be telescoped or stopped at any point.
05/09/05
Top Critic
...a definitive example of what can happen when everybody working on a film goes simultaneously berserk.
10/23/04
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