Rotten
Guy Hamilton's direction lacks enthusiasm and pace, while even the art direction -- long the Bond films' real secret weapon -- seems to have fallen to a shrunken budget.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Live and Let Die
Bond is back. Back in action. Back with excitement.
1973 · 2h 1m · PG
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Directed by
Guy Hamilton
Overview
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.
Director and cast
- Guy Hamilton Director
- Roger Moore as James Bond
- Yaphet Kotto as Kananga/Mr. Big
- Jane Seymour as Solitaire
- Clifton James as Sheriff J.W. Pepper
- Julius Harris as Tee Hee
- Geoffrey Holder as Baron Samedi
- David Hedison as Felix Leiter
- Gloria Hendry as Rosie Carver
- Bernard Lee as M
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The comic book plot meanders through a series of hardware production numbers.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
Setting aside an allright speedboat spectacular over land and water, the film is both perfunctory and predictable -- leaving the mind free to wander into the question of its overall taste. Or lack of it.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Fresh
Live and Let Die has been especially well photographed and edited, and it makes clever and extensive use of its good title song, by Paul and Linda McCartney.
Roger Greenspun, New York Times
Rotten
It doesn't have the wit and it doesn't have the style of the best Bond movies.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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