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From Russia With Love (1963)

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Average Rating: 7.9/10
Reviews Counted: 46
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Critic Reviews: 5
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From Russia With Love, the second in the series of James Bond films, is the film that solidifies all the Bond film elements into a formula -- the action sequences are intensified and lend greater tension to the proceedings; John Barry's inimitable score makes its first appearance; and Sean Connery as Bond has nailed down his role as 007 -- accentuating Bond's stylishness and sophistication, while toning down his cold-bloodedness. In From Russia With Love, the bad guys don't want to take over the

PG, 2 hr. 5 min.

Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics

Directed By: Terence Young

In Theaters: Apr 8, 1964 Wide

On DVD: Mar 28, 2006

United Artists

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Cast

Sean Connery
James Bond
Daniela Bianchi
Tania Romanova
Pedro Armend�riz
Kerim Bey
Lotte Lenya
Rosa Klebb
Robert Shaw
Red Grant
Bernard Lee
M
Eunice Gayson
Sylvia
Walter Gotell
Morzeny
Francis De Wolff
Vavra
George Pastell
Train Conductor
Nadja Regin
Kerim's Girl
Lois Maxwell
Miss Moneypenny
Jan Williams
Masseuse
Neville Jason
Kerim's Chauffeur
Peter Bayliss
Benz
Martine Beswick
Zora
Alizia Gur
Vida
Fred Haggerty
Krilencu
Desmond Llewelyn
Maj. Boothroyd
Peter Madden
McAdams
Vladek Sheybal
Kronsteen
Peter Brayham
Rhoda
Leila
Dancer

Critic Reviews for From Russia With Love

All Critics (46) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (2) | DVD (29)

Sophisticated? Well, not really. But fast, smart, shrewdly directed and capably performed.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

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TIME Magazine

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From Russia with Love is a preposterous, skillful slab of hardhitting, sexy hokum.

April 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

Top Critic

For my money, still the best Bond, with a screwball plotline that keeps the locales changing and the surprises coming.

April 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

007 is very much with us again, and anyone who hasn't yet got to know him is urged to do so right away!

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

Top Critic

Standing at the pinnacle of the series, From Russia with Love shows how good a Bond film can be when all the ingredients mesh.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

Creative Cold War Bond thriller is best for teens and up.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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David Gurney

Common Sense Media

It's not too different from the non-Bond action thrillers of the same era, in which company it falls well short of the top film, North by Northwest. Plenty of period charm, though, and a few of the Bond franchise's most Austin Powers-esque moments.

April 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Times [UK]

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Edward Porter

Times [UK]

Much of it borders on the inept and the embarrassing, and that goes for the title song sung by Matt Monro, the "singing bus-driver".

April 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Observer [UK]

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Philip French

Observer [UK]

One of the finest Bond outings, this flourished in the paranoia of the times before the franchise was devalued by an over-reliance on gadgets, camp quips and a skittish lack of focus or direction.

April 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Sky Movies

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Tim Evans

Sky Movies

It's no surprise Connery cites this as his favourite Bond. Would that Quantum had had a fraction of its pace, grace and style.

April 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Total Film

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Neil Smith

Total Film

The film lacks the exotic, colourful flamboyance of the best of its successors. So shoot me.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Derek Adams

Time Out

The stylish second Bond film From Russia With Love now looks as if it was shot yesterday.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Times [UK]

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Dominic Wells

Times [UK]

FRWL has character and dash, and even something of a conventional plot, all worth revisiting for this pin-sharp restoration.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian [UK]

The narrative is plodding, time has not been kind to set-pieces that were once so thrilling and now seem oddly perfunctory, and 007's misogyny and casual slapping of several women is more than faintly repellent.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Financial Times

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Karl French

Financial Times

This is probably the best Bond film made.

February 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Sean Connery's second outing as James Bond became his personal favorite, and that of many Bond fans around the world. [Blu-ray]

October 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews Source: Groucho Reviews

...a pivotal entry within the series...

October 16, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

With a tight, witty script and unforgettable baddies, this is one of the very best entries in the series, stylishly cementing the formula -- for good or ill.

April 15, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

One of the best of the Bond films.

April 15, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

A fantastic spy thriller, Connery is Bond

February 7, 2008 Comment

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

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ce deuxi�me opus continue d'exploiter avec un plaisir coupable les possibilit�s infinies de cet univers cin�matographique fonctionnant uniquement � la testost�rone

January 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Panorama

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Jean-Fran�ois Vandeuren

Panorama

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In comparison to the first film (DR. NO), this second 007 film was a huge jump. In fact, as I was watching DR. NO, I kept wondering if it was every going to get more interesting, as well as why Albert R. Broccoli decided to continue the series (and why a surprising number of audiences went to see it) when the suspense

July 22, 2011

Alexander Diminiano

Super Reviewer

From Russia with Love is old school Bond fun. Villains carefully explaining their future plans instead of killing Bond while they can, and subsequently allowing him to escape and foil their plots? Check!Hot women, both friend and foe, ready to leap into bed with the super spy? Check!Tricky gadgetry that just happens to

May 2, 2010

Lewis C.

Super Reviewer

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