For Your Eyes Only (film)
1981
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Rated 4/5 Stars • 07/28/23. John Glen. Director. Roger Moore. James Bond. Maud Adams. Octopussy. Louis Jourdan. Kamal. Kristina Wayborn. Magda. Kabir Bedi. Gobinda. The Hunger Games. James Bond...
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- John Glen
- PG
- Roger Moore
- The Action Takes The Slapstick Humor Too Far
- It Has One of The Worst Bond Villains
- The Plot Is Needlessly Convoluted
- The Runtime Is Too Long
- It’S One of The Silliest Bond Films
The goofy humor let down a lot of the action in Moore’s Bond films. In The Man with the Golden Gun, a breathtaking car stunt is ruined with a ridiculous slide whistle sound effect. In A View to a Kill, a ski chase is ruined with a riff on “California Girls.” In Octopussy, the slapstick goes too far. The humor invaded so much of the film’s action th...
There are a few common picks for the worst ever Bond villain, from Gustav Graves to Max Zorin, and Octopussy’s General Orlov is one of them. This rogue Soviet general is one-dimensional and clichéd at his best and offensive and cartoonish at his worst. Renowned character actor Steven Berkoff brings his A-game to the role, but even the most talented...
Nobody goes to a Bond movie for the plot, but each film still needs a functioning story driven by action with a few emotional beats. The plotting of Octopussyis both painfully formulaic and needlessly convoluted. RELATED: 9 Ways Roger Moore's Bond Movies Still Hold Up Today There’s a secret agent’s death, a fake Fabergé egg, and an international je...
At 131 minutes, Octopussy pushes its luck. Light, escapist action-adventure blockbuster fare arguably shouldn’t exceed two hours. Octopussyonly goes 11 minutes over its two-hour allotment, but the stretched runtime does have a psychological effect on the audience. It feels like it could’ve been trimmed down a little. The screenwriters gave director...
There’s always room for a bit of silliness in a Bond movie, like a wacky gadget or a corny one-liner, but Octopussy’s silliness goes beyond the pale – even by the Moore-era standards of Bond’s silliness. In Octopussy, Moore’s 007 disguises himself as a clown to sneak into a circus and gets ridiculed by a group of kids. He wears a gorilla outfit and...
More sexual innuendo than usual in provocatively named film. Read Common Sense Media's Octopussy review, age rating, and parents guide.
- John Glen
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Roger Moore, Louis Jourdan, Maud Adams
Jun 6, 2019 · Octopussy is a good-natured, occasionally thrilling escapade that boasts an impressive roster of villains, a finely developed heroine, unusually meaty roles for series stalwarts General Gogol and...
Octopussy Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Carson Timar ButteredPopcorn. It is a slow and drawn out film that tries but fails to engages. Full Review |...
Directed By: John Glen. Written By: George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson, Ian Fleming. Octopussy. Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews. 63. User Score Generally Favorable Based on 64 User Ratings. 6.3. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. Where to Watch. Max (Subscription required)
Jul 11, 2022 · Octopussy was made amid some behind-the-scenes turbulence. United Artists, Bond’s long-time distributor, took a major hit after Michael Cimino’s mega-flop, Heaven’s Gate, and was sold to MGM.
