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 Loved Me (film) which was famous for accompanying disappointed characters in Hamlet cigar commercials. He then plays the opening string section of the second movement, Andante, of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 as his hideout "Atlantis" rises from the sea. The score also includes two pieces of popular film music scored by Maurice Jarre. The "Doctor Zhivago" theme, which is played on Anya's music box during the pre-credit sequence, and the theme from "Lawrence of Arabia", which appears as background music during a desert sequence. "The Spy Who Loved Me" opened with a Royal Premiere attended by Princess Anne at the Odeon Leicester