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48 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt’s deeply silly but uproariously entertaining. At the end, I almost felt guilty for enjoying it all quite so much - almost.
- 100The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinIt’s a feat of pure cinematic necromancy.
- 80EmpireKim NewmanEmpireKim NewmanEven if this is less satisfying overall than Skyfall, there are sequences that rank with Bond’s best.
- 80Total FilmNeil SmithTotal FilmNeil SmithThough not as dramatically rich or emotionally compelling as Skyfall, Spectre still ranks as a sleek, pulse-pounding if slightly overlong entertainment.
- 70Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganBond has seen it all before, this team has done it all before, and the production juggernaut hits every beat with a carefully calibrated precision which can be deeply satisfying but also risk coming across as rote.
- 60Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonAn unbalanced but never less than entertaining film, enthralling and deflating in roughly equal measure, and studded with moments of true, old-school glory.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe first act is great, full of dark portent and bravura film-making flourishes. However, the final hour disappoints, with too many off-the-peg plot twists and too many characters conforming to type.
- 42The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonIn general, this feels like a film patched together out of endless hastily-drafted script rewrites rather than a cohesive vision.