If you’re expecting action sequences like those in the real Bond movies, then don’t waste your time. [...] But if you’re interested in learning more about the genesis of the name James Bond, look no further.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 19, 2024

Fans will be left shaken and stirred by the dark twists in this documentary...

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 24, 2023

It’s messy, overstretched and dedicates too much time to a rather off-putting Swedish Bond obsessive who has officially changed his name and is possibly a few cylinders short of the full Aston Martin.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 21, 2023

[The] premise, coupled with curiosity and goodwill, buys about 20 minutes of running time before the film becomes unsatisfying, built upon random ideas and tiny snatches of disparate biographies flung like confetti over an arbitrary narrative.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 19, 2023

There is no great rhyme or reason in the film’s concept, but each tale has its own piquancy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 19, 2023

It may sound like a slight premise, but Australian filmmaker Matthew Bauer deftly swerves it in surprising, thoughtful and occasionally touching directions.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 19, 2023

No Martinis in sight, but this is still an extremely watchable look at a unique naming phenomenon — with surprisingly profound results.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 19, 2023

The film-makers mostly strive for a whimsical, humorous tone, with quick-cut editing and dramatic recreations of moments in the life of the ornithologist whose name was borrowed by author Ian Fleming.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 17, 2023

A pretty good documentary and a pretty clever idea.

| Feb 28, 2023

It would make a better "Candid Camera" like 온라인카지노추천 show than a movie.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 25, 2023

This documentary might sound like a bit of fluff, but it delivers some surprisingly profound stories.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 22, 2023

The structure can be a little haphazard, but the individual stories are fascinating enough to hold the viewer's interest on their own.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 22, 2023

The film takes you places you probably were not expecting to go.... It represents a good idea, nicely carried out.

| Original Score: B | Feb 20, 2023

It even manages to probe larger questions of identity and privacy, throwing in a haunting tale of domestic abuse in its final act. We emerge by the end both shaken and stirred.

| Feb 17, 2023

A clever, engaging documentary...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 17, 2023

At a brisk 80 minutes, Bauer and co-writer Rene van Pannevis let the Bonds speak for themselves, and even return to Fleming and his unwitting collaborator, the ornithologist who started it all.

| Feb 17, 2023

Bauer’s movie is much more than a gimmick. He gets to the Shakespearean dilemma powerfully in his film’s concluding act.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 17, 2023

I’d never claim that The Other Fellow is a consequential film, and it could certainly use tighter editing, but it’s pleasant enough if you’re in the mood.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 17, 2023

The Other Fellow isn’t a James Bond film, or a film about James Bond films. Instead, it is an intriguing and well packaged look at what it is like to be James Bond, or at least carry his name.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 16, 2023

[A] user-friendly, chatty documentary.

| Feb 15, 2023