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From Russia with Love

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From Russia with Love (1963)

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Reviews Counted:45

Fresh:43

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Secret agent James Bond battles the all-enveloping tentacles of an international crime syndicate called SPECTRE. The organization's mad plan for world supremacy unfolds with the icy efficiency of a... Secret agent James Bond battles the all-enveloping tentacles of an international crime syndicate called SPECTRE. The organization's mad plan for world supremacy unfolds with the icy efficiency of a chessmaster's complex strategy, and if they succeed, the antagonism of the cold war will be pushed from deep-freeze to the supernova of atomic oblivion. But our man Bond dispatches sultry spies, madmen, and double agents with the same coolness he displays while downing martinis and making love to beautiful blondes. In this, the second of the series, Bond travels to Turkey to meet a mysterious Russian woman who claims to have fallen in love with his photograph. She offers him a secret translating device if he will join her, although he does not know that she has been put up to the task by Rosa Klebb, formerly of the KGB, who has gone to work for SPECTRE. It's Bond's assignment to get the girl and the machine back to England--and to do it, of course, in style. [More]

Starring: Sean Connery, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Pedro Armendariz

Starring: Sean Connery, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw, Pedro Armendariz, Daniela Bianchi

Director: Terence Young

Director: Terence Young
Composer: John Barry

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Reviews for From Russia with Love

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It’s not too different from the non-Bond action thrillers of the same era, in which company it falls well short of the top film, North by Northwest. Plenty of period charm, though, and a few of the Bond franchise’s most Austin Powers-esque moments.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
04/28/09
Edward Porter
Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)

Much of it borders on the inept and the embarrassing, and that goes for the title song sung by Matt Monro, the "singing bus-driver".

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment 1 Comment
04/28/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

One of the finest Bond outings, this flourished in the paranoia of the times before the franchise was devalued by an over-reliance on gadgets, camp quips and a skittish lack of focus or direction.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
04/25/09
Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Sky Movies

It’s no surprise Connery cites this as his favourite Bond. Would that Quantum had had a fraction of its pace, grace and style.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
04/25/09
Neil Smith
Neil Smith
Total Film

The film lacks the exotic, colourful flamboyance of the best of its successors. So shoot me.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
04/24/09
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

The stylish second Bond film From Russia With Love now looks as if it was shot yesterday.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
04/24/09
Dominic Wells
Dominic Wells
Times [UK]
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FRWL has character and dash, and even something of a conventional plot, all worth revisiting for this pin-sharp restoration.

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04/24/09
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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The narrative is plodding, time has not been kind to set-pieces that were once so thrilling and now seem oddly perfunctory, and 007’s misogyny and casual slapping of several women is more than faintly repellent.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
04/24/09
Karl French
Karl French
Financial Times

This is probably the best Bond film made.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment 1 Comment
02/09/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Sean Connery's second outing as James Bond became his personal favorite, and that of many Bond fans around the world. [Blu-ray]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
10/25/08
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

...a pivotal entry within the series...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
10/16/08
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Sophisticated? Well, not really. But fast, smart, shrewdly directed and capably performed.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
10/13/08
TIME Magazine

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08/20/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

From Russia with Love is a preposterous, skillful slab of hardhitting, sexy hokum.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
04/15/08
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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With a tight, witty script and unforgettable baddies, this is one of the very best entries in the series, stylishly cementing the formula -- for good or ill.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
04/15/08
Channel 4 Film

For my money, still the best Bond, with a screwball plotline that keeps the locales changing and the surprises coming.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/15/08
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

One of the best of the Bond films.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/15/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A fantastic spy thriller, Connery is Bond

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
02/07/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

ce deuxième opus continue d'exploiter avec un plaisir coupable les possibilités infinies de cet univers cinématographique fonctionnant uniquement à la testostérone

Full Review Source: Panorama | comment Comment
01/26/07
Jean-François Vandeuren
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama

a James Bond movie with the sensibilities of a classic Cold War thriller

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
12/05/06
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Filmcritic.com
 
 
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