It may not be Fleming but it is terrific fun.
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05/05/08
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
83 %
Reviews Counted: 35 Fresh: 29 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 6.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Synopsis: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME, the 10th film in the James Bond series, ventures not only into the depths of the ocean but into the deep topic of betrayal and morality as well, placing it among the boldest of the 007 films. James Bond (Roger Moore) is coupled with Russian agent Anya "Triple-X" Amasova... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curt Jurgens, Richard Kiel, Caroline Munro
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli
Screenwriter: Christopher Wood
Composer: Marvin Hamlisch
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli
Screenwriter: Christopher Wood
Composer: Marvin Hamlisch
Reviews
Top Critic
The film has its moments -- Kiel's indestructible heavy racks up a good score -- but the rest is desperately weak.
02/09/06
Top Critic
From the adrenaline-inducing pre-credits ski chase to the gun battle as the crew of two submarines attempt to take a hollowed-out supertanker from an army of bad guys, the action sequences soar.
08/21/01
Top Critic
As the Bond series moved deeper into the 1970s, the emphasis moved away from the inventive scripts that made the best Sean Connery films fine examples of the spy genre and toward the kind of feats of daring and visual spectacle.
05/05/08
Top Critic
As always, story and plastic character are in the service of comic strip parody.
05/05/08
Top Critic
... the first truly original Bond movie, this one is actually more tightly constructed than several of the adaptations and remains consistently surprising and witty.
07/10/07
This is near-camp and its success sent a strong message to its producers about what audiences wanted to see: Bigger, bolder, louder, sexier.
08/03/06
The film moves along at a serviceable clip, but it seems half an hour too long.
05/09/05
Top Critic
One of the best of the Moore Bonds, this is non-stop, gloriously excessive entertainment.
04/08/04
Not only Roger Moore's best, but one of the few Bond films that can stand apart from the series as a superb action movie.
02/24/04
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