A cast of true talent, a Bond girl that can finally tangle with him in smarts, and action that will please even the harshest critics. If you were going to watch only one Bond film, I’d put Casino Royale above all the rest.

| Apr 23, 2024

This is an excellent espionage picture—one that will blow away any fan of the 007 franchise and pleasantly surprise anyone who didn’t enjoy the films in the past.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 8, 2024

Casino Royale is a near-perfect debut of Daniel Craig as the new James Bond.

| Original Score: A- | Jul 25, 2023

Martin Campbell, who revived the franchise once before in Goldeneye, brings a leaner style and a meaner temperament to the series, tossing out gadget-laden spectacle for bare-knuckle battles and adrenaline-pumping stunts with a wincing physicality.

| Feb 4, 2023

Where sure its a bit long and a bit forced at times, Casino Royale is easily the closest the Bond franchise has come to a masterpiece so far and probably the closest it will ever get.

| Original Score: A | Aug 28, 2022

The film delivers on gripping action and an enticing narrative that assembles intriguing characters and an emotional center that is very appealing.

| Original Score: 9/10 | May 26, 2022

Bond the man and Bond the franchise simply never recovered from allowing Vesper Lynd to die.

| Dec 24, 2021

Casino Royale takes things back to the start for James Bond with a new actor and delivers one of the best films in the franchise.

| Sep 27, 2021

One of the best of all Bond movies, and the best in over a quarter century.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 25, 2021

A sharp script, lush direction, impeccable action, a memorably creepy Bond Villain, a bold and brilliant Bond Girl, and the arrival of Daniel Craig; Casino Royale is the greatest Bond film ever made.

| Sep 25, 2021

Craig delivers the first Bond who scares you.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 19, 2021

Casino Royale is right up there with my favourite films, let alone Bond films. Well paced, well shot, well acted and lots of fun and clever nods to past Bond-isms. Top marks.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 8, 2021

Insofar as a Bond film comes into contact with social and historical facts, it must turn them on their head, losing any of its charm in the process.

| Feb 14, 2021

You've never seen Bond like this before. Stand back, but stay watching.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2020

With its fresh approach to the lead character, its boost of severity, and its return to the source material, it proves to be the jumpstart the franchise has been begging for.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 15, 2020

In all the Bond movies, this is the most emotional and personal Bond adventure I've seen.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 16, 2020

I've been a fan of Craig since the little known Layer Cake and I am happy to say he does an outstanding job as Bond

| Original Score: B | Nov 20, 2019

'Casino Royale' is not only the "best of all time" Bond movie, but also one of the strongest vehicles in the action genre we've seen since the beginning of the century. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Sep 10, 2019

The film has breathless stunts and encounters aplenty.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 17, 2019

In Daniel Craig, the producers found a suitably tarnished and brutal icon for this new iteration of Bond

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 16, 2018