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After 18 months of delays No Time To Die is finally about🉐 to hit theaters, and the reviews for the latest Bond movie are in.
When the pandemic first hit and the world started tꦗo shut down, studios began to realize that their blockbuster movies would have to be put on ice indefinitely. Whether that be their theatrical release or on-set production. When it comes to release dates being pushed, new Bond movie No Time To Die was the first major project to gꦡet delayed. 18 months later and it is finally about to hit theaters.
Although No Time To Die won't be in theaters until October 8 in the US, the first reviews for the movie are in and it appears to be a pretty mixed bag. Daniel Craig's final outing as Bond currently has a Metacritic score of 75 and you can find individual scores from some major publications below.
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- BBC:
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- The Telegraph:
- Empire:
- The Independent:
While the review scores are pretty varied, the elements of No Time To Die receiving all of the praise appear to be pretty consistent. That while it has all the action you would expect from a Bond movie, it also has an unfamiliar but welcome emotional core. One that has been built on throughout Craig's five-movie run as Bond which again, is something previous actors to have played 007 haven't managed to achieve to quite the same level.
There's also a lot of praise for director Cary Joji Fukunaga. While Fukunaga has been involved in the production of a number of major projects, including Stephen King's It, No Time To Die is arguably the biggest project he has directed to date. Directing a movie in a franchise six decades old and making it feel new is a tall order, and while it hasn't wowed all of its reviewers so far, it certainly seems to be an installment in the Bond saga that has been worth the extended wait.
Bond fans in the UK will be able to check out Craig's final showing as 007 when it hits theaters on September 30. US Bond fans have a little longer to wait as No Time To Die won't be released across the pond until October 8.