James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco, and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld.
It offers supremely satisfying versions of all the conventions we expect from the series ... and then it does the one thing you don't expect a James Bond movie to do: It breaks your heart.
– Charles Taylor,
Salon.com,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
What are Bond's problems now? They're too numerous, as usual, to hold the constant attention of anyone other than a charter member of Her Majesty's Secret Service.
– A.H. Weiler,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
The Bond films were bad enough even with the partially ironic performances of Connery.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
Director Peter Hunt manages to inject some life into this 1969 exercise with a wonderful ski chase, but otherwise the film is a bore.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
13 Oct 2008
fresh:
Film of break-neck physical excitement and stunning visual attractions in which George Lazenby replaced Sean Connery as James Bond.