Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

A splendid comic thriller, exciting and graceful, endlessly inventive.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by William Arnold

Despite a few places where the air of déjà vu is a bit too thick, it's a class act, with a textured script, one of the series' more stunning title sequences.

Film.com by Tom Keogh

Puts the Bond film series (this one makes number 19)-- back on track by stressing the fundamentals and applying a bit of authentic drama for a change.

Dallas Observer by Andy Klein

Whatever its flaws -- and it has some lulus -- it's a textbook model for how to structure action of this kind.

Miami Herald by Howard Cohen

You can't beat a Bond film for adventure on a grand scale.

Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington

There's the script -- and that's the problem.

USA Today by Andy Seiler

Fans will appreciate not only that the film is predictably solid and surprisingly sharp but that parts of it are just plain bad.

New York Post by Jonathan Foreman

Comes closer to what a Bond movie should be and once was.

New York Daily News by Jack Mathews

That's what Bond is all about -- dazzle, some really bad puns and the kind of sexy fun that satisfies high-school urges while masquerading in tux and tails.

San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle

A thoroughly satisfying, completely entertaining film that's also, rather surprisingly, an emotionally full experience.

Film.com by Sean Means

Isn't quite enough to save the Bond franchise -- but it does prove that 007 is Y2K-compliant.

Portland Oregonian by Shawn Levy

Apted ("Gorillas in the Mist," "Coal Miner's Daughter") keeps things low-key and low-tech, which makes some of the cliched Bondisms a bit easier to swallow.

Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman

Fair, overlong James Bond from the second shelf.

Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum

This keeps one reasonably amused, titillated, and brain-dead for a little over two hours.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

If moviegoers really thought about the violence, sexism, and materialism at the core of the series, the whole shebang might vanish overnight.

Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

The hero himself has been denatured for a young, late 1990s audience with little appreciation for real suavity or sex play.

TNT RoughCut by Christopher Brandon

James Bond hasn't been this boring since Timothy Dalton carried the license to kill.