Metacritic Movie Ratings
Quantum of Solace Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 80

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett

  The new picture allows hardly any flourishes of style and character in the 007 tradition, but moviegoers seeking an adrenaline rush will be well pleased.

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• 75

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  The point is, wherever he is, this James Bond is pissed. And that ceaseless anger begins to curdle every sequence that might otherwise bring a little happiness. I mean happiness for us, the viewers.

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  The stunts are as muscular and the film as handsome to look at as the hero who so ably pulls them off. But the story linking it all together is thin and weak.

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• 60

  out of 100

  VarietyDerek Elley

  Stripped of "Royale's" humor, elegance and reinvented old-school stylishness, Quantum has little left except its plot, which is rudimentary and slightly barmy, in the line of the Roger Moore pics of the '70s and '80s.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Don't ever let this happen again to James Bond. Quantum of Solace is his 22nd film and he will survive it, but for the 23rd it is necessary to go back to the drawing board and redesign from the ground up. Please understand: James Bond is not an action hero!

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  The violence in his (Craig's) first outing, "Casino Royale," was notably intense, and while Quantum of Solace is not quite as brutal, the mood is if anything even more grim and downcast.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  All dressed up with no particular place to go, this 22nd Bond film tries hard but ends up an underachiever.

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