Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot and calls in sidekick Willie Garvin and a few other friends to outsmart them. Meanwhile, at his island hideaway, Gabriel, the diamond thief has his own plans for Blaise and Garvin.
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 nomination.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Not merely a spy spoof, based on a book and a comic strip about a femme James Bond type, the colorful production gives the horse laugh to many different film plots and styles.
– ,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
Too much of it is just foolish, labored and sometimes painful camp.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
fresh:
under the non-stop stream of jokes lies a bitter edge of malice, directed not only against the genre itself but against a society which trusts its politicians and its generals.