With a dynamite opening reel that showcases the series renewed vigor, GoldenEye is two hours of well-executed thrills, high-tech mayhem and one-of-a-kind comedy.

| Nov 19, 2019

James Bond, the British spy with a taste for the high life and a license to kill, comes back in surprisingly hardy and supple form.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 28, 2015

Brosnan's right there, born to play the part. Perhaps by design, he captures a bit from each predecessor -- the panache of Sean Connery, the cheeky humor of Roger Moore, the serious grit of Timothy Dalton.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 28, 2015

At the most basic, crowd-pleasing level, Goldeneye does the trick.

| Oct 28, 2015

Giving 007 a sleek bullet of a BMW instead of his trusty old Aston-Martin isn't exactly going to turn the world of Bond upside down. And, as it turns out, neither does the casting of Brosnan.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 28, 2015

In GoldenEye, [Brosnan's] performance achieves darker, Conneryesque tones. And the movie's relatively realistic take on Bond -- realistic, that is, by the series' flamboyant standards -- helps to give his work weight.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 28, 2015

James Bond's latest outing is big, and it's brash -- in short, it's double-oh-fun.

| Oct 28, 2015

Under the direction of Martin Campbell, GoldenEye is a film that respects its predecessors. No new heights are scaled here, but it's nevertheless a handsome, well-engineered film that gets the job done.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 28, 2015

Entropy, the inexorable running down of an energy system, may have overtaken the Bond saga.

Full Review | Oct 28, 2015

It's not a good sign that what I remember most about the movie is the lovely blue color of 007's new BMW convertible.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 28, 2015

Check your political correctness at the door and have a blast -- this is the best Bond since The Spy Who Loved Me.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 28, 2015

Brosnan, however, looks set to stay. He'll never recapture the amused cool of the young Sean Connery, but he does overcome the handicap of looking like a humorless male model.

| Oct 23, 2012

I don't know whether the Bond series has a future, but if Xenia Onatopp ever returns to try for world domination, he may finally get a battle worth fighting.

| Original Score: C+ | Oct 13, 2008

There's something a mite pathetic about our culture still clinging to 007, but it's hard to deny that this is one of the most entertaining entries in the Bond cycle.

| Oct 13, 2008

This is the best bond movie since On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 13, 2008

Richard Kiel, you are missed.

| Oct 13, 2008

Among the better of the 17 Bonds and, perhaps more important for today's audience, a dynamic action entry in its own right, this first 007 adventure in six years breathes fresh creative and commercial life into the 33-year-old series.

Full Review | Oct 2, 2008

Director Campbell keeps matters bowling along and even manages to recapture something of the look of the earlier films.

| Feb 9, 2006

Brosnan, as the best-moussed Bond ever to play baccarat in Monte Carlo, makes the character's latest personality transplant viable (not to mention smashingly photogenic), but the series still suffers the blahs.

Full Review | May 20, 2003

Supercharged with spectacular, thundering, brain-numbing fun.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 18, 2002