The Spy Who Loved Me Reviews

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Gary Arnold
Washington Post
October 23, 2015
[The Spy Who Loved Me] gets off to a promising start but proves seriously deficient in staying power.
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Christopher Porterfield
TIME Magazine
October 13, 2008
Never did top that first stunt.
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Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
May 5, 2008
The ostensible hero is just a fleshy blur.
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Variety Staff
Variety
May 5, 2008
As always, story and plastic character are in the service of comic strip parody.
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Chris Petit
Time Out
February 9, 2006
The film has its moments -- Kiel's indestructible heavy racks up a good score -- but the rest is desperately weak.
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Janet Maslin
New York Times
May 9, 2005
The film moves along at a serviceable clip, but it seems half an hour too long.
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David Hogan
hoganreviews.co.uk
January 27, 2019
By no means a perfect film, but it was a very fun two hours, even if some of the fun was "fun because it was so bad" fun...
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Fred Topel
We Live Entertainment
August 6, 2017
The Spy Who Loved Me had me at hello with the famous pre-title sequence culminating in the ski jump off the mountain.
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Jeffrey Lyles
Lyles' Movie Files
October 26, 2015
With a great villain, the series' definitive henchman, stunning Bond Babes, grand action and an all-time classic theme, this is a Bond film fully worthy of adoration.
Full Review | Original Score: 9/10
Alan Jones
Radio Times
October 23, 2015
This exceptional spy escapade is far-fetched mayhem of the highest order, with a welcome accent on character realism rather than just spectacular sets.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
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