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Avg. Critic Score: 58 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
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14 Iffy for 14+
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  • 80
    The Hollywood Reporter | Ray 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. Read full review

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa 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. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    After the heights of "Casino Royale," the series falls back into routine with this above-average thriller, filled with over-the-top action, familiar Bond atmosphere and a story that's impossible to follow - and why bother anyway? Daniel Craig is still the coolest man in the universe. That definitely helps. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia 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. Read full review

  • 63
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    It delivers the popcorn goods, but it ignores the poison eating at Bond's insides. Killer mistake. Read full review

  • 60
    Variety | Derek 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. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    Thank heaven for Judi Dench, whose M provides Quantum of Solace its sole quantum of peppery brio. Read full review

  • 50
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger 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! Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | A.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. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

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

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+ Craig's 2nd Bond grittier, angrier than his first.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that the second James Bond adventure starring Daniel Craig is, like 2006's Casino Royale, full of non-stop action sequences and has a darker, grittier tone than earlier Bond films. Unlike his predecessors, who barely broke a sweat while sipping their precious martinis, Craig's 007 bleeds real blood and gets into dirty, bare-knuckle, hand-to-hand fights. The violence includes knife fights, gun fights, fist fights, and fire fights. A liked character dies, a woman is tortured (off camera) in a particularly cruel manner, and dozens of characters die in explosions or shootouts. There are a couple of passionate kisses and one scene that obviously takes place after Bond and a woman have had sex (her bare shoulders and back are shown, and he's shirtless). Product placements are mostly cars, like Bond's signature Aston Martin, and language is relatively minimal ("s--t." and "bastard").
  • Families can talk about what makes James Bond "cool."
  • Is it his remoteness? His amazing physical prowess?
  • Does the movie use alcohol and cigarettes to support or take away from Bond's appeal?
  • How are different women portrayed?
  • What makes James Bond so appealing (and enduring) in general?
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Revenge, espionage and corporate greed are glamorized.
  • rolemodels true0 Positive role models: James Bond is largely motivated by a thirst for revenge and seems to have little regard for human life. He does save the life of a character he barely knows, however, because he senses she's in danger. Felix Leiter disregards a directive he feels is immoral. Several characters belong to a global crime syndicate involving multinational corporations and billionaires who can act like mercenaries and destabilize countries. A female foil to Bond is out for vengeance.
What to watch for
  • violence false4 Violence: From the movie's first scene, there's a nearly endless stream of action and violence. There are fiery explosions; bloody hand-to-hand battles using knives, guns, pipes, and other weapons; shootouts; disturbing scenes of a tortured woman and a dying character; and lots of death-defying stunts.
  • sex false3 Sex: Bond passionately kisses two different women throughout the course of the film. In one scene he gets into bed shirtless and kisses a woman whose bare shoulders and back are visible. They've obviously just made love (off camera).
  • language false3 Language: Infrequent: "s--t," "bastard," "bloody," "ass."
  • consumerism false3 Consumerism: Several cars: Aston Martin, Alfa Romeo, Ford, Volkswagen, and more.
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Bond characteristically drinks cocktails, wine, and beer at bars, in a plane, and at parties; other characters drink and smoke cigarettes/cigars.
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