The Spy Who Loved Me (film) big budget was not wasted. Interestingly, while the sets and gimmicks were the most spectacular to date, Bond and the other characters are toned down (there's a minimum of slapstick humour) so that they are more realistic than in other Roger Moore films. Moore gives his best performance in the series ... [Bond and Anya Amasova] are an appealing couple, equal in every way. Film is a real treat – a well acted, smartly cast, sexy, visually impressive, lavishly produced, powerfully directed mix of a spy romance and a war-mission film." Janet Maslin of "The New York Times" considered the
The Spy Who Dumped Me "" and "Christopher Robin". It fell 45% to $6.6 million in its second weekend, finishing sixth. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 49% based on 184 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""The Spy Who Dumped Me" isn't the funniest or most inventive spy comedy, but Kate McKinnon remains as compulsively watchable as ever." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average