Octopussy (1983)
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 35
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 20
Despite a couple of electrifying action sequences, Octopussy is a formulaic, anachronistic Bond outing.
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 3
Despite a couple of electrifying action sequences, Octopussy is a formulaic, anachronistic Bond outing.
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This (13th) time around, 007 (once again played by Roger Moore) receives the usual call to come and visit M when another agent drops off a fake Faberge jeweled egg at the British embassy in East Berlin and is later killed at a traveling circus. Suspicions mount when the assistant manager of the circus Kamal (Louis Jourdan), outbids Bond for the real Faberge piece at Sotheby's. Bond follows Kamal to India where the superspy thwarts many an ingenious attack and encounters the antiheroine of the
Jun 10, 1983 Wide
Oct 17, 2000
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Roger Moore
James Bond -
Maud Adams
Octopussy -
Louis Jourdan
Kamal -
Kristina Wayborn
Magda -
Kabir Bedi
Gobinda -
Steven Berkoff
Orlov -
David Meyer
twin -
Vijay Amritraj
Vijay -
Desmond Llewelyn
"Q" -
Robert Brown
"M" -
Walter Gotell
Gogol -
Geoffrey Keen
Minister of Defense -
Suzanne Jerome
Gwendoline -
Cherry Gillespie
Midge -
Albert Moses
Sadruddin -
Douglas Wilmer
Fanning -
Andrew Bradford
009 -
Lois Maxwell
Miss Moneypenny -
Michaela Clavell
Penelope Smallbone -
Cheryl Anne
Octopussy Girl -
Patrick Barr
British Ambassador -
Bruce Boa
U.S. General -
Hugo Bower
Karl -
Jeremy Bulloch
Smithers -
Ray Charles
Thug -
Brian Coburn
South American VIP -
Brenda Cowling
Schatzl -
William Derrick
Thug with Yo-yo -
Michael Halphie
South American Officer -
Paul Hardwick
Soviet Chairman -
Gertan Klauber
Bubi -
Anthony Meyer
Twin Two -
Peter Porteous
Lenkin -
Tina Robinson
Octopussy Girl -
Mary Stavin
Octopussy Girl -
Gabor Vernon
Borchoi -
Philip Voss
Auctioneer -
Richard Graydon
Francisco the Fearless -
Dermot Crowley
Kamp -
Carole Ashby
Octopussy Girl -
David Grahame
Petrol Pump Attendant -
Ken Norris
Col. Toro -
Gurdial Sira
Thug -
Stuart Saunders
Maj. Clive -
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Richard Le Parmentier
U.S Aide -
Eva Reuber-Staier
Rublevitch -
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All Critics (35) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (21) | DVD (18)
Glen's willingness to give the action sequences a certain weight and seriousness produces some genuinely exciting moments, yet his work is everywhere undermined by the flatness of the characterizations and the uncertain architecture of the plot.
Film's high points are the spectaccular aerial stuntwork marking both the pre-credits teaser and extremely dangerous-looking climax.
Bond had degenerated into a male model, and something of a genial anachronism.
The action sequences are tighter, the visual gags more inventive, and if the plot is no great shakes, the whole thing is served up with a decent approximation to the old panache.
Top CriticMakes no pretense of being based on anything except the Ian Fleming character and the high good humor and wit of the film makers.
There's a fine line between wit and absurdity, and this particular movie too often falls on the wrong side.
Octopussy features 2 stand-out action sequences but for the most part, it's an overlong, sluggish, and schizophrenic entry in the Bond series.
James Bond is old. Wrinkled-forehead old. Lecherous-coot old. Strategic-hairstyle old. Senior meal-discount old. Simply ... old. That's the biggest takeaway from Roger Moore's second-worst outing as 007, hot on the heels of his second-best.
While the film is the first of the genuinely bloated Bond movies, it only rarely drags.
Bottom-drawer Bond.
Little is added that departs from the Bond formula.
Nice title, shame about the movie.
One for the die hards. The saving grace here is a knowing sense of humour so lacking in its predecessor, For Your Eyes Only.
The Roger Moore Bond days are drawing to close, as this weak entry shows.
A fun little Bond flick
Hardly Mr. Bond's finest hour.
Audience Reviews for Octopussy
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- Kamal: You have a nasty habit of surviving.
- James Bond: You know what they say about the fittest.
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- James Bond: Vijay, we have company!
- Vijay: No problem. This is a company car.
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- Kamal: Spend the money quickly, Mr. Bond
- James Bond: I intend to, Kamal Khan.
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- Kamal: Bond is of a rare breed SOON to be extinct
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- James Bond: You'll need this to play with your asp.
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