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GoldenEye

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 12 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Action | Adventure | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Jeffrey Caine
Bruce Feirstein
Michael France (story)
Ian Fleming (characters)
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 17, 1995
DVD: October 22, 2002
Running Time: 130 minutes, Color
Origin: UK / USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for a number of sequences of action/violence, and for some sexuality
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don Baker, Judi Dench, Gottfried John, and Robbie Coltrane
This explosive, thrill-packed adventure pits James Bond against a vengeful adversary who controls an awesome space weapon capable of global destruction. (MGM)
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Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Washington Post Hal Hinson
And yet, Goldeneye proves the character's viability as a pop icon: It isn't a great movie, but it's great, preposterous fun.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
There's something a mite pathetic about our culture still clinging to 007, but it's hard to deny that this is one of the most entertaining entries in the Bond cycle, which started with "Dr. No" (1962).
Read Full Review >Empire Staff(not credited)
This is the best bond movie since "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
Most crucially, Brosnan makes the grade as 007. He handles the action capably and gets the standard quips out in a commendably straightforward way that's wry but not dismissive.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The writers get the mix just about right, and first-time Bond director Martin Campbell moves things along fairly briskly.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
This is the first Bond film that is self-aware, that has lost its innocence and the simplicity of its world view, and has some understanding of the absurdity and sadness of its hero.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Also, there's more action in Goldeneye than in previous 007 entries -- enough to keep a ninety-minute film moving at a frantic pace. Unfortunately, this movie isn't ninety-minutes long -- it's one-hundred thirty, which means that fully one-quarter of Goldeneye is momentum-killing padding.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
When the action is extreme, GoldenEye is supercharged with spectacular, thundering, brain-numbing fun.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Edvins Beitiks
It is both the best-looking James Bond film and the best-looking James Bond.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Desson Thomson
New Bond man Brosnan can't be faulted for much. He's always been generically sexy, a sort of programmed cover boy. In this new venture, he's appropriately handsome, British-accented and suave.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
A mildly successful attempt at updating a relic, its appeal depends greatly on an audience's willingness to go along for a familiar ride. [17Nov1995 Pg. F.01]
USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
The musical score is a dud, and the film is one firebomb too long. But GoldenEye's vision is 20/20 when it comes to reviving a legend. [17Nov1995 Pg.01.D]
The New Yorker Anthony Lane
Jeffrey Caine and Bruce Feirstein's script promises more fun than it delivers, slowly frittering away its store of jokes and thrills.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Still, just about everything in Goldeneye, from its rote nuclear-weapon-in-space plot to the recitation of lines that sound like they're being read off stone tablets (''Shaken, not stirred!''), has been served up with a thirdhand generic competence that's more wearying than it is exhilarating.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
Mr. Brosnan, as the best-moussed Bond ever to play baccarat in Monte Carlo, makes the character's latest personality transplant viable (not to mention smashingly photogenic), but the series still suffers the blahs.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
For devotees of the genre, the bad news is the best news: Bond is back and nothing has changed except the stuntman's canvas - it's bigger than ever, duly pumped up to Schwarzeneggarian standards.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Schickel
How well do Bond's established conventions survive after a third of a century's hard use, the post-cold war deglamourization of espionage and the arrival of yet another actor in the central role? The short answer is, on wobbly knees.
Read Full Review >Newsweek Jack Kroll
Technology has squeezed character to a few measly pixels on the digital screens. Explosions have replaced dramatic climaxes.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.8 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Joel C. gave it a5:
For a Pierce Brosnan Bond film, probably his best. The drawback? Its a Pierce Brosnan Bond film. Goldeneye is worth watching, but if this is your first Bond movie, watch miracle that happened that is Casino Royale.
Russell W. gave it a9:
This was, and still is my favorite Bond movie as of yet. [***SPOILERS***] I still get chills seeing Bond take a tank through a solid wall, straight onto the streets, and chase the villain (with his girl) through the town. I can't say if my favoritism toward this movie is enhanced by my liking of the video game but nevertheless, I love this movie and love James Bond.
[Anonymous] gave it a9:
The first Brosnan Bond is competent, and the action delivers. Sean Bean makes an interesting villain. The film FEELS considerably older than the other three, meaning it feels the most vintage, but the other three Brosnan Bond films are capable of greater technical feats.
Shane B gave it a9:
I absolutely loved this film. Pierce Brosnan is the most action packed of all the bonds yet.
