The World Is Not Enough

Why can't both girls stay with James? I specifically wished him that the most. Sensual Sophie and almost teenage expert Denise seduce 007 with every gesture. Brosnan is also in the most relaxed form. Despite his injured shoulder, he travels on a boat, on skis or on chains, he jokes, destroys, and in an unstoppable pace and a story full of twists, he immensely enjoys it. (08/18/2007)

Pierce Brosnan finally stopped making grimaces, and the film might not have been bad at all, but the script just didn't work for me. A very nice boat chase quickly turns into an idiotic "cruise" through the streets, followed by an extremely funny scene with Q. All that is topped off by Bond declaring that it doesn't matter if a nuclear reactor explodes because it's flooded anyway. Oh well. (08/05/2016)

Denise Richards and Sophie Marceau are quite possibly the best (meaning: best + add any flattery you want) Bond girls of them all. In this film, they reunite with Brosnan, who, more than ever, gives a flashback to the days of Connery's charm and Moore's wisecracking. In addition, John Cleese appears as R, to whom Q hands over the token toy scepter, Carlyle is interestingly slimy as the villain, and the action is pretty decent. The best scenes, however, come at the beginning of the film (the boat chase, the ski chase) and the ending in the submarine is a bit of a letdown - uninteresting. (01/24/2010)

In the TOP5 of all Bond movies. It's as if the screenplay was tailor-made for the main hero. Pierce Brosnan is at his most distinctive and charismatic here. Maybe it's because of the tons of sexist comments and innuendos, but it works like a well-oiled machine. The best action so far, and above all brilliant pace and fantastic Bond girls who drive the whole story forward. Few Bond movies are as diverse and captivating as this one. And above all – thanks to Michael Apted's clever and sharp direction, it hasn’t aged like the over-technological and slower Tomorrow Never Dies Essentially a step into the new digital millennium, and a truly confident one at that. (05/26/2006)

Because I have a weakness for Sophie Marceau, it is clear that my review will not be completely objective. However, even Sophie Marceau cannot save the story when it is completely stupid in places. I still feel that Brosnan is perhaps the worst Bond. In this case, not even the terribly miscast Denise Richards can help him. Instead of casting an interesting, mature actress for the role, they put in a young, busty beauty. Well, there are more mistakes, and the ending is already ridiculous. But Sophie Marceau's performance is great, if only the screenwriters had managed their job a little better. (03/12/2014)