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The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

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78

Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 41
Fresh: 32 | Rotten: 9

Though it hints at the absurdity to come in later installments, The Spy Who Loved Me's sleek style, menacing villains, and sly wit make it the best of the Roger Moore era.

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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 4

Though it hints at the absurdity to come in later installments, The Spy Who Loved Me's sleek style, menacing villains, and sly wit make it the best of the Roger Moore era.

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Though not Ian Fleming's most famous James Bond novel, 1962's The Spy Who Loved Me was distinguished by the unique device of telling the story from the heroine's point of view; in fact, Bond doesn't make an appearance until the book is two-thirds over. This would hardly work in the film world's Bond franchise, so the original austere plotline of the novel was eschewed altogether in favor of a labyrinthine story involving outer-space extortion. The leading lady, a "hard-luck kid" in the original,

PG,

Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure

Christopher Wood

Oct 22, 2002

United Artists

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All Critics (41) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (34) | Rotten (9) | DVD (14)

Never did top that first stunt.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | Comment (1)
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The ostensible hero is just a fleshy blur.

May 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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As always, story and plastic character are in the service of comic strip parody.

May 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety
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The film has its moments -- Kiel's indestructible heavy racks up a good score -- but the rest is desperately weak.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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The film moves along at a serviceable clip, but it seems half an hour too long.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment (1)
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Of Roger Moore's seven James Bond pictures, The Spy Who Loved Me stands out as the best.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment (1)
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THE SPY WHO LOVED ME is not as good as I remembered it. All of its chases and action were much better in my memories. In reality, they're a bit lackluster.

October 26, 2012 Full Review Source: Sin Magazine
Sin Magazine

In a tremendous film that shows Moore's Bond still has the old razzle-dazzle, "Nobody Does It Better" isn't just a theme song. It's a forceful and fun statement of purpose, and "Spy" offers the franchise the definitive jolt it so sorely needed.

August 10, 2012 Full Review Source: Suite101.com
Suite101.com

The best combination of japery and seriousness, without descending into the clowning that would be a part of all but one of Moore's subsequent adventures [as Bond].

August 5, 2012 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy
Antagony & Ecstasy

1977's 007 still gettin' lucky in underwater lair.

December 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

Overwhelmed with its cartoonish absurdity.

February 10, 2009 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comments (2)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It may not be Fleming but it is terrific fun.

May 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

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.

May 5, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

... if you love these films, you will want to splurge on the box sets.

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: DVD Review
DVD Review

... the first truly original Bond movie, this one is actually more tightly constructed than several of the adaptations and remains consistently surprising and witty.

July 10, 2007 Full Review Source: DVD Review
DVD Review

007 lives in the best of the Moore Bonds ...

September 22, 2006
Las Vegas Review-Journal

This is near-camp and its success sent a strong message to its producers about what audiences wanted to see: Bigger, bolder, louder, sexier.

August 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
Filmcritic.com

One of the better Moore outings.

June 21, 2005
Movie Metropolis

It's Bond with Roger Moore, and this is one of the best of his.

June 12, 2005
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Audience Reviews for The Spy Who Loved Me

definitely one of the better roger moore entries. bach was great, and jaws is one of my favorite bond villains. the story had its moments where it just got silly, but the plot was entertaining and the locations were great. the film has some classic bond moments.
November 28, 2007
sanjurosamurai
danny d

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Roger Moore's third outing is not only one his best, nut one of the best in the entire series.

The plot is the typical Cold War global domination scheme wherein we get megalomaniac anarchist Stromberg threatening New York and Moscow with nukes. The broad plot isn't what's great though, rather the way steps leading up to it, featuring lots of globetrotting, and Bond teaming up with a sexy Russian agent who holds her own against him.

Plus, we get a cool car/submarine, and the first of two appearances by Jaws, a behemoth of a henchman with a set of metal teeth. He's awesome. There's several good action scenes, and a little, but surprisingly not much goofiness. Well, there is the "Lawrence of Arabia moment" which is odd, hilarious, and totally awesome.

Marvin Hamlisch provides a great score, Carly Simon's theme is decent, and the film has the typical grandeur we've come to expect from the series. Yeah, the plot could be a little more original, and the pacing could be tightened here and there, but Moore holds it all together, and he gets tremendous support from Barbara Bach as his female counterpart, Richard Kiel as Jaws, and Curt Jurgens as Stromberg.

All in all, this is a terrific film that you really shouldn't miss.
April 16, 2007
cosmo313
Chris Weber

Super Reviewer

    1. Log Cabin Girl: James I need you.
    2. James Bond: So does England.
    – Submitted by Michael B (3 months ago)
    1. James Bond: Ah. Maybe I misjudged Stromberg. Any man who drinks Dom Pérignon '52 can't be all bad.
    – Submitted by Joakim A (4 months ago)
    1. Maj. Anya Amasova: [on the boat to Cairo, nighttime] It's getting cold.
    2. James Bond: Is there anything I can do to warm you up?
    3. Maj. Anya Amasova: You don't have to worry about me, Mr. Bond. I went on a survival course in Siberia.
    4. James Bond: Yes, I believe a great number of your countrymen do. What did they teach you?
    5. Maj. Anya Amasova: That it is very important to have a positive mental attitude.
    6. James Bond: Nothing more practical than that?
    7. Maj. Anya Amasova: Food is also very important.
    8. James Bond: Mhm. What else?
    9. Maj. Anya Amasova: When necessary, shared bodily warmth.
    10. James Bond: That's the part I like.
    – Submitted by Joakim A (4 months ago)
    1. Stromberg: I intend to change the face of history!
    2. Maj. Anya Amasova: By destroying the world?
    3. Stromberg: By creating a world. A new beautuful world beneath the sea. Todays civilization, as we know it, is corrupt and decadent. Inevitably it'll destroy itself. I'm merely excillarating the process.
    – Submitted by Joakim A (4 months ago)
    1. Sheik Hosein: Are you sure I can't persuade you to stay the night?
    2. James Bond: [an attractive woman enters the room] When one is in Egypt, one should delve deeply into its treasures.
    – Submitted by Joakim A (4 months ago)
    1. Stromberg: Every person who even comes in contact with that microfilm ...is to be eliminated.
    – Submitted by Joakim A (4 months ago)

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