Casino Royale
Everyone has a past. Every legend has a beginning.
Everyone has a past. Every legend has a beginning.
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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2006
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Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
144 min
Release date:
14 Nov 2006
Country:
BS, CZ, DE, GB, US
Languages:
English, French
Budget:
$150,000,000
Revenue:
$599,045,960
Awards:
Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 26 wins & 43 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Bond as a human being? Who'd'a'thunk?
– Bob Mondello,
NPR.org,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
Casino Royale has the answers to all my complaints about the 45-year-old James Bond series, and some I hadn't even thought of.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
17 Aug 2007
fresh:
I hope Craig finds more moments like that in Bond. And I hope he gets to wear that tuxedo again and again and again.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
29 Jun 2007
fresh:
I consider Daniel Craig to be the most effective and appealing of the six actors who have played 007, and that includes even Sean Connery.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
25 Apr 2007
fresh:
Craig is also the best Bond in the franchise's history.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York,
3 Feb 2007