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GoldenEye

EMAILPRINTMGM / UA

GoldenEye reviews
65
8.8 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 18 critic reviews
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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)

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...

80

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.

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80

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).

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80

Empire Staff(not credited)

This is the best bond movie since "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".

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80

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.

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75

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

The writers get the mix just about right, and first-time Bond director Martin Campbell moves things along fairly briskly.

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75

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.

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75

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.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack

When the action is extreme, GoldenEye is supercharged with spectacular, thundering, brain-numbing fun.

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75

San Francisco Examiner Edvins Beitiks

It is both the best-looking James Bond film and the best-looking James Bond.

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70

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.

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70

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]

63

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]

60

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.

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58

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.

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50

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.

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50

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.

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50

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.

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50

Newsweek Jack Kroll

Technology has squeezed character to a few measly pixels on the digital screens. Explosions have replaced dramatic climaxes.

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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.

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