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 stars, saying: "Perhaps the problem isn't one of too little ambition, but of too much. "The Spy Who Dumped Me" is, after all, trying earnestly to be about half a dozen different things: a buddy comedy, a spy drama, a raunch fest, a thrilling action film. It's just that it doesn't have the focus to do any of those things particularly well." "Rolling Stone"s Peter Travers criticized the film, awarding it 2 out of 5 stars. Travers stated that the film "spends way too much time on car chases, shootouts, knife fights and R-rated violence that doesn't square with the