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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75USA TodayAndy SeilerUSA TodayAndy SeilerFans will appreciate not only that the film is predictably solid and surprisingly sharp but that parts of it are just plain bad.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThere's the script -- and that's the problem.
- 75Miami HeraldHoward CohenMiami HeraldHoward CohenYou can't beat a Bond film for adventure on a grand scale.
- 70Film.comSean MeansFilm.comSean MeansIsn't quite enough to save the Bond franchise -- but it does prove that 007 is Y2K-compliant.
- 67Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyApted ("Gorillas in the Mist," "Coal Miner's Daughter") keeps things low-key and low-tech, which makes some of the cliched Bondisms a bit easier to swallow.
- 63Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanFair, overlong James Bond from the second shelf.
- 60Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThis keeps one reasonably amused, titillated, and brain-dead for a little over two hours.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe hero himself has been denatured for a young, late 1990s audience with little appreciation for real suavity or sex play.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIf moviegoers really thought about the violence, sexism, and materialism at the core of the series, the whole shebang might vanish overnight.
- 45TNT RoughCutChristopher BrandonTNT RoughCutChristopher BrandonJames Bond hasn't been this boring since Timothy Dalton carried the license to kill.