Skyfall

The Observer“Possibly the best...” It's admirably staged, has a suitably sombre look, and the oddly moving final scenes have an elegiac grace and a tragic sense that the end of On Her Majesty's Secret Service only hints at...

Time Out film“A highly distinctive Bond movie...” He’s properly able to get stuck into a more punchy, more unified mix of action, emotion and story that climaxes in a fittingly isolated and lonely final showdown between Bond and his latest nemesis...

The Scotsman“A new Bond film can never simply be dismissed as just another movie...” Skyfall is the kind of film that makes it easy to love Bond the way you probably did as a kid. When “James Bond will return” flashes up ahead of the end credits, it’s hard not to hold out hope for his next 50 years...

Film4“A fitting tribute to 007 in his fiftieth cinematic year...” With a leading cast at their best and a script that balances thrills and humour with believable characterisation, Mendes delivers a unique entry in the fifty-year-old franchise. It's been a long wait, but... Bond is well and truly back...

Empire“All you could want from a 21st Century Bond...” Having rebooted the franchise by depicting Bond’s first days with a license to kill in Casino Royale, this picks him up later in his career – as if he’s lived through all the films from Dr No to Die Another Day since we last saw him....

Little White Lies“Better luck next time, James...” Bond has had more than a few false dawns over the past decade or so...The new outlook, fresh cast and leaner chassis suggest that the franchise can really kick on from here...

The Independent“One of the best Bonds in recent memory...” Mendes has gone back to basics: chases, stunts, fights. At the same time, he has subtly re-invented the franchise, throwing in far greater depth of characterization than we’re accustomed to in a series of films that are often proudly superficial...

Total Film “James Bond is back!...” The Daniel Craig era comes of age with a ballsy Bond that takes brave chances and bold risks. Guess what? Turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks...

The Telegraph“Frequently dazzling...” Skyfall shakes together familiar elements of the Ian Fleming canon – the cars, the guns, the exotic locales with the dames to match –into a blistering comic book escapade that the old Bond, and one suspects Fleming too, would find altogether alie

Guardian“It works terrifically well up to a point...” Fighting to keep her job before a parliamentary select committee, M refers to Bond as a necessary evil: a creature in the shadows fighting creatures in the shadows. Far better to leave him there, with all guns blazing and the lights turned low...