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Octopussy (1983)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:15

Rotten:17

Average Rating:5.3/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Agent 007 is as daring as ever in OCTOPUSSY: the 13th installment in the James Bond series. When fellow secret serviceman Agent 009 is murdered over a treasured Faberge egg, the British... Agent 007 is as daring as ever in OCTOPUSSY: the 13th installment in the James Bond series. When fellow secret serviceman Agent 009 is murdered over a treasured Faberge egg, the British intelligence sends James Bond (Roger Moore) to investigate. Bond follows the egg to India after it is put up for auction and bought by the wealthy prince Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan). There he meets the enigmatic and beautiful circus leader, Octopussy (Maud Adams) and discovers that Khan and the maniacal Russian General Orlov (Steven Berkoff) plan to cripple Western Europe with a nuclear explosion and incite a world war. As indicated by its risqué title, OCTOPUSSY is one of the most licentious of the Bond films. Complete with the standard Bond components (sleazy one liners and deafening explosions) it overflows with sexual innuendoes. Maud Adams is the most alluring Bond of starlets to date. Her titillating performance as OCTOPUSSY inspired sexual fantasies in an entire generation of moviegoers. Having worked on a number of Bond films as an editor and director, John Glen insures a Bond film which is pleasing to both the cinematic aesthete and the Bond fanatic. Bordering on the realm of high art, OCTOPUSSY is a cinematic masterpiece. [More]

Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Douglas Wilmer

Starring: Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Douglas Wilmer, Lois Maxwell, Robert Brown, Kristine Wayborn

Director: John Glen

Director: John Glen
Screenwriter: George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum
Producer: Michael G. Wilson, Albert R. Broccoli
Composer: John Barry

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Nice title, shame about the movie.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
10/13/08
Channel 4 Film

Little is added that departs from the Bond formula.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
10/13/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

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12/25/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

Hardly Mr. Bond's finest hour.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
02/08/07
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

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.

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10/13/08
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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The joy of a great Bond movie is the way it pushes the limits of believability -- and knows when to stop. Octopussy fails.

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09/11/01
Debbie Barham
Debbie Barham
BBC

Bottom-drawer Bond.

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02/19/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

May satisfy die hard Bond fans, but won't work for anyone else. Among the franchise's weakest efforts.

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08/16/02
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

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

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Worst of the Roger Moore Bond films has a license to bore.

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11/07/02
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

No review available.

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08/22/03
John Esther
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly

...more than a bit silly compared to its immediate predecessor.

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01/01/00
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

No review available.

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04/22/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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

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10/13/08
Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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11/18/04
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Too long

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Steve Rhodes
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02/12/04
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Talking Pictures (U.S.)

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.

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01/26/06
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05/07/07
Chuck O'Leary
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11/07/05
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Cole Smithey
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