James Bond Theme Spy Who Loved Me", titled "Bond 77", featured a disco sound, reflecting a style of music which was very popular at the time. "The Spy Who Loved Me" returned briefly to using the surf-rock guitar associated with the theme from the early days. One unusual instance occurred in "Octopussy", when Bond's contact, who is disguised as a snake charmer played a few notes of the tune for Roger Moore's James Bond, presumably as a pre-arranged identification signal; this is an example of the tune being used as diegetic music. In the last Bond film of Roger Moore, "A View to
The Spy Who Dumped Me grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it 3 out of 5 stars. "Variety"s Owen Gleiberman praised McKinnon's performance but criticized the film for favoring violence over comedy, writing, ""The Spy Who Dumped Me" is no debacle, but it's an over-the-top and weirdly combustible entertainment, a movie that can't seem to decide whether it wants to be a light comedy caper or a top-heavy exercise in B-movie mega-violence." Barbara VanDenburgh of "The Arizona Republic" called the film "a tonally incongruous, plodding and graphically violent comedy" and gave the film 2 out of 5