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Dr. No
1962
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Average Rating
3.7
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3.0
The action is wooden and the plot contrived, but it sure is fun to look at.
Common Sense Media
4.0
I wouldnt go that far its terrific entertainment, to be sure, but its unevenness keeps up from being a great film.Still, we can admire that its absurd ..
E Film Critic
4.0
Christopher Robin Winnie the Pooh is a giant of childrens literature for a reason.His mixture .. Teen Titans Go!
3.8
With the exception of the big explosion during the films finale, Dr. No is a low key adventure.
ReelViews
4.4
The first entry in what was to become the most profitable movie series of all time is a solid, surprisingly modest spy thriller, enlivened by Sean Con ..
Tv Guide
3.8
More than Dr. No or From Russia With Love, Goldfinger generally feels like a template for the Bond movie formula as the film possess virtually all of ..
Reel Film Reviews
5.0
Director Terence Young set the 007 standard with terrific action sequences, highly exotic atmosphere and witty humour.
Radio Times
4.4
In an age where this genre of show often degenerates into a special effects extravaganza, it is refreshing to see one, like Dr. No, where brains can b ..
Internet Reviews
2.0
As directed by Terence Young, Dr. No began the Bond phenomenon on the right track as a breezy, escapist adventure, a sampler of mass entertainment at ..
Emanuellevy
4.5
I think hes absolutely fantastic as Bond: suave, seductive, burly, yet moves like a panther stalking its prey.
Film Inquiry
3.0
He spends a lot of the film being captured, brutalised, and humiliated.It makes his triumph all the more satisfying.
Bbc
4.5
Dr. No is fantastic beginning for Bond franchise Its a unique experience watching Dr. No for the first time in 2013.
Lyles Movie Files
4.4
This documentary covers the origins of the Bond series as well as the films production.
Groucho Reviews
3.0
Its like a prototype requiring polishing; and more than twenty subsequent films would keep reshaping and perfecting that template.
5.0
The shorter running time keeps the story moving faster and keeps things tense.
Three Movie Buffs
5.0
To be sure this is not entirely a literal translation of the original.
Cleve Land
2.0
IF you havent yet made the acquaintance of Ian Flem ings suave detective, James Bond, in the authors fertile series of mystery thrillers akin to the y ..
Ny Times
4.0
What remains most stunning about Dr. No is its on location cinematography.
The Filmy Ap
3.5
The low key mystery plot and the resolutely human sized drama of it all makes this one of the sanest of all Bond pictures.
Antagony & Ecstasy
4.5
All of the elements of the formula are there, but in pleasing moderation.
Chicago Reader
4.0
Of course, its dated a Sunbean Alpine isnt exactly cutting edge transport but the elegant playboy spy with just a whiff of danger was clearly here to ..
Sky
3.5
A franchises foundation needs to stand on its own, and Terence Young capably brings together Caribbean travelogue, Gropius type architecture, and card ..
Cine Passion
4.5
Dr. No (1962) is the first of the James Bond series of action packed spy thrillers, and it played a key role
Film Site
3.5
Dr. No is a solid, if unspectacular, start to the longest lived movie series of all time
Zaki's Corner
4.0
This is the birth of Bond and the beginning of something special.
2.0
Dr. No introduces James Bond to the world in a down to earth way. The classic touches are here
Old School Reviews
4.0
Of course, Dr. No contains most of the familiar components of the franchise (the evocative title credits would debut in the sequel, From Russia With L ..
Not Coming
4.0
Ursula Andresss Honey Ryder is certainly well, sexy and thats it.
hoganreviews.co.uk
4.5
Dr. No was the first and perhaps most sober of the Bond films, not relying so much on easy one liners and increasingly silly puns.
Toxic Universe
3.1
The film geek in me wants to praise it, but the film critic in me wants to expose its flaws. I still have a soft spot for it, but if Im being truly ho ..
Film Geek Central
0.5
The first half hour I took to be a fairly good spoof on sex espionage films in general... Then James Bond lands on Dr. Nos atomic island and science f ..
Esquire Magazine
3.0
And yet strangely enough excitement, and humour, and the glamour of corruption, are all rather lacking.
Screen Online Org Uk
4.5
As produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli and directed by Terence Young in a delightfully tongue in cheek style, the picture is often as un ..
Boxoffice Magazine
4.5
The Bond formula is established in this first, arguably more credible Ian Fleming adaptation.
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