A goofy, dated parody of spy movie clichés, Casino Royale squanders its all-star cast on a meandering, mostly laugh-free script.
Things pick up a little bit when Orson Welles, Peter Sellers, and Woody Allen stumble into the scene, but the total experience remains boringly incoherent.
Read full articleDespite being not officially a Bond film this is good solid, entertaining action.
Read full articlePeter Sellers has some amusing gags as the gambler, the chance of dressing up in various guises and a neat near-seduction scene with Ursula Andress.
Read full articleOut of five directors -- only McGrath manages to connect with this brontosaurian James Bond parody.
Read full articleOn paper, this film had all the elements to be something unique and interesting but at every point makes the worst choice it can.
Read full articlemany a Sunday afternoon television viewer has tried to puzzle out the strange, compromised, parallel narrative here, with barely a scene in which the various stars actually interact
Read full articleA few innovative sets, a wealth of eye-popping colors, and oodles of bared midriffs can't redeem this juvenile experiment in adolescent fantasy.
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