Rotten
The ostensible hero is just a fleshy blur.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Spy Who Loved Me
It's the BIGGEST. It's the BEST. It's BOND. And B-E-Y-O-N-D.
1977 · 2h 5m · PG
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Directed by
Lewis Gilbert
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The Spy Who Loved Me
Overview
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.
Director and cast
- Lewis Gilbert Director
- Roger Moore as James Bond
- Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova
- Curd Jürgens as Karl Stromberg
- Richard Kiel as Jaws
- Caroline Munro as Naomi
- Walter Gotell as General Anatol Gogol
- Geoffrey Keen as Sir Frederick Gray
- Bernard Lee as M
- George Baker as Captain Benson
- Michael Billington as Sergei Barsov
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
As always, story and plastic character are in the service of comic strip parody.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
The film moves along at a serviceable clip, but it seems half an hour too long.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Of Roger Moore's seven James Bond pictures, The Spy Who Loved Me stands out as the best.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
Never did top that first stunt.
TIME Magazine
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