Diamonds Are Forever

TV Guide Magazine by

The Las Vegas locations sizzle and the script at least has the good sense not to take itself too seriously.

Chicago Reader by Dave Kehr

Assorted ladies, a few quick lines, and one good chase, making for a mediocre entry in the series.

Empire by Ian Nathan

Connery has a ball with great stunts, snappy dialogue and a bevy of typically Bondish beauties.

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

Diamonds Are Forever is plagued with problems. After a promising start, the story devolves into idiocy.

Variety by Peter Debruge

Whatever connection Bond had to the real world has now been severed in favor of delivering the most satisfying possible experience for audiences, such as a throwaway scene of Q using an electromagnetic device to beat the slot machines or allowing homosexual henchmen Wint and Kidd to devise elaborate (and yet easily escapable) traps.

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

We see different movies for different reasons, and Diamonds Are Forever is great at doing the things we see a James Bond movie for.

The New York Times by Vincent Canby

Diamonds Are Forever is great, absurd fun, not only because it recalls the moods and manners of the sixties (which, being over, now seem safely comprehensible), but also because all of the people connected with the movie obviously know what they are up to.