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Octopussy (1983)

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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 15 | Rotten: 17

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 3

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Movie Info

This (13th) time around, "007" receives the usual call to come and visit "Mother" 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 title (Maud Adams), an

PG, 2 hr. 20 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure

Directed By: John Glen

Written By: George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum

In Theaters: Jun 10, 1983 Wide

On DVD: Oct 17, 2000

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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Cast

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
Julie Martin
Richard Le Parmentier
U.S Aide
Eva Reuber-Staier
Rublevitch
Tony Meyer

Critic Reviews for Octopussy

All Critics (32) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (18) | DVD (19)

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.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Film's high points are the spectaccular aerial stuntwork marking both the pre-credits teaser and extremely dangerous-looking climax.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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Bond had degenerated into a male model, and something of a genial anachronism.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

Top Critic

Makes no pretense of being based on anything except the Ian Fleming character and the high good humor and wit of the film makers.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

There's a fine line between wit and absurdity, and this particular movie too often falls on the wrong side.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

Bottom-drawer Bond.

February 19, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Little is added that departs from the Bond formula.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

Nice title, shame about the movie.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4

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Film4

One for the die hards. The saving grace here is a knowing sense of humour so lacking in its predecessor, For Your Eyes Only.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Ian Nathan

Empire Magazine

The Roger Moore Bond days are drawing to close, as this weak entry shows.

April 20, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

A fun little Bond flick

February 10, 2008 Comment

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

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Hardly Mr. Bond's finest hour.

February 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

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.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

I've never been a big fan of this Bond flick. Catchy name, though.

December 25, 2003 Comment

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

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I actually found this one very thrilling (in fact, some of the series' biggest thrills were found in OCTOPUSSY). The acting done by Roger Moore still isn't all that bad, and, sure, it's got the occasional silly, risqu� double entendre (well, duh; the title's OCTOPUSSY after all), but doesn't every good Bond film?

July 24, 2011

Alexander Diminiano

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Everytime I watch Octopussy, I hope that I'll enjoy it a bit better. Unfortunately, this is not the case. This is by far the worst Bond film since The Man With The Golden Gun. The film is supposed to be serious, but it's just very silly. Example: Bond swinging from a vine and a recording of a tarzan yell plays. What a

June 29, 2010

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

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