Reviews for this film from our members:
- Beth Accomando @ KPBS Cinema Junkie
- Excerpt: So “Skyfall” may not be the film you are expecting from the franchise but it’s a film that will prove more satisfying with each viewing.
- Marco Albanese @ Stanze di Cinema [Italian]
- Excerpt: Sam Mendes che dice di aver preso ispirazione da Chris Nolan, ha certamente superato il maestro, confezionando un film magnifico, perfettamente capace di reinterpretare consapevolmente il personaggio Bond con una chiarezza d’intenti e una messa in scena raffinatissima.
- [New – 4/11] | Dragan Antulov @ Draxblog VI [Croatian]
- Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: The Dark Knight : British Version.
- Jason Bailey @ Flavorwire
- Excerpt: One of the most purely entertaining Bond movies yet.
- Jason Bellamy @ The Cooler
- Excerpt: Striking images make this, if not the best Bond, at least one of the most visually impressive.
- Steve Biodrowski @ Cinefantastique Online
- Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: While [the film] gets more emotional and resonant as it goes on, it also gets much slower and narrower in scope.
- Kevin Carr @ 7M Pictures
- Excerpt: It’s a welcome sight to see it bring the franchise into modern filmmaking. It also helps close the book on some of the rebooting angle.
- Stephen Carty @ Flix Capacitor
- Samuel Castro @ Ochoymedio.info [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Skyfall es la prueba de que un “autor”, con su conocimiento y su equipo de trabajo usual, también puede mejorar la calidad de una franquicia claramente comercial.
- Bill Clark @ FromTheBalcony.com
- Excerpt: It’s a fine action film. I just wish I could say it was more fun.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: It’s a modern twist on a classic series and just when you might be wondering about yet another iconic Bond element – bingo, the filmmakers deliver with an ending that leaves you wanting more.
- Philip Concannon @ Phil on Film
- Edwin Davies @ A Mighty Fine Blog
- Excerpt: It combines the best of classic Bond – exotic locations, beautiful women, thrilling action – with the best of the modern – a real physicality, state-of-the-art special effects, and a willingness to embrace the fact that cinema and the world have changed.
- Tony Dayoub @ Cinema Viewfinder
- Excerpt: Still, as generous a portion of James Bond as Skyfall serves up, it’s just a tantalizing peek. And that’s exactly how it should be.
- Jim Dixon @ Examiner.com
- Excerpt: he alleged 23rd James Bond movie (it’s more like the 25th) is one of the best entries in the longest-running movie series of all time. It’s also by far one of the darkest. To a far greater degree than any previous Bond movie, “Skyfall” delves into Bond’s background and personality, and Daniel Craig, back for a 3rd tour of duty as Ian Fleming’s apparently immortal spy, runs with the meatier character development.
- Jim Dixon @ Examiner.com
- Excerpt: he alleged 23rd James Bond movie (it’s more like the 25th) is one of the best entries in the longest-running movie series of all time. It’s also by far one of the darkest. To a far greater degree than any previous Bond movie, “Skyfall” delves into Bond’s background and personality, and Daniel Craig, back for a 3rd tour of duty as Ian Fleming’s apparently immortal spy, runs with the meatier character development.
- Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: Skyfall is easily one of the best films in the series—a cracking thriller molded to a shrewd study of Bond and his domain.
- Tyler Foster @ DVDTalk
- Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Thrilling and terrific, one of the best Bonds ever.
- Ali Gray @ TheShiznit.co.uk
- Excerpt: Skyfall walks that fine line between homage and evolution so confidently, it frequently breaks into a strut.
- Richard Gray @ The Reel Bits
- Excerpt: A measured and stylish Bond film that takes us back to the very roots of the character and the franchise.
- Vadym Grygoriev @ kinoblog.com [Ukrainian]
- MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: This is the sneaky cleverness of “Skyfall”: it is, at last, going to tell us why Bond still matters. It is not going to make it easy on itself, though, nosiree.
- Benjamin Kramer @ The Voracious Filmgoer
- Josh Larsen @ LarsenOnFilm.com
- Excerpt: Mendes distills the Bond ethos in a single sequence: it’s sex and death as irresistible surface and sheen.
- Gabe Leibowitz @ Film and Felt
- Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight
- Excerpt: Skyfall is the twenty-third entry in the franchise and after a disappointing second outing as superspy James Bond, Daniel Craig has found a more lively and captivating vehicle in which to thrive.
- Glenn Lovell @ CinemaDope.com
- Excerpt: Bardem is the best (read most twisted) franchise baddie since Heath Ledger’s Joker …
- Joe Lozito @ Big Picture Big Sound
- Excerpt: An obsession with age, and an underwhelming plot, has this 50th anniversary Bond installment showing its years.
- Marty Mapes @ Movie Habit
- Excerpt: Old and new, “Skyfall” follows the well-worn patterns of its predecessors
- Piers Marchant @ Sweet Smell of Success
- Excerpt: Bond is back but older, grayer, and with a shaky gun hand.
- Jason McKiernan @ Next Projection
- Excerpt: Skyfall is presented as a pivotal turn in this franchise; it takes the maturity of Craig’s first two films and injects enough of the reliable Bond crutches to tip the thematic balance back toward the juvenile and usher in a new era for Craig’s Bond…an era that looks curiously similar to the pre-Craig era.
- Brent McKnight @ Beyond Hollywood
- Ryan McNeil @ The Matinee
- Excerpt: When a hero suddenly shows that they are like us after all – prone to disillusionment, pain, and age – that’s the moment that we care most about them. That’s the moment that we want to see them rise
- Nell Minow @ The Movie Mom
- Simon Miraudo @ Quickflix
- Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: Sam Mendes, and his talented cast and crew, have managed to get Bond the perfect birthday present.
- Kenneth R. Morefield @ 1More Film Blog
- Excerpt: Skyfall works, but only because, like the slugger taking batting practice, it refuses to stop until it connects on at least a few pitches.
- Jason Pirodsky @ Expats.cz
- Excerpt: Returning the character to his fifty-year-old roots, Skyfall is a real delight for Bond fans; casual viewers, on the other hand, may lose interest.
- Tiago Ramos @ Split Screen [Portuguese]
- Jamie S. Rich @ DVD Talk
- José M. Robado @ CineCritico [Spanish]
- Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: This is not only a great entry to the series, it’s a great film on its own.
- Tom Santilli @ Examiner.com
- Excerpt: Forget Quantum of Solace, Skyfall forges ahead. It isn’t rocket science, but it is everything that a James Bond film should be.
- Matt Singer @ ScreenCrush
- Amir Siregar @ Flick Magazine [Indonesian]
- Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: The 23rd installment in the longest-running franchise in cinema history is crafted to satisfy fans from every era of the series based on the Ian Fleming novels.
- Frank Swietek @ One Guy’s Opinion
- Excerpt: One of the best Bond pictures ever.
- Jean-François Vandeuren @ Panorama-cinema.com [French]
- Phil Villarreal @ OKMagazine.com
- Excerpt: Skyfall is an awesome James Bond movie until it gets tired of all that, goes a little crazy and turns into a not-so-awesome Home Alone movie.
- Ed Whitfield @ The Ooh Tray
- Andrew Wyatt @ Look / Listen (St. Louis Magazine)
- Excerpt: The film is quintessential Bond, stuffed with thrillingly improbable action set pieces, witty banter, and ostentatious displays of wealth, all delivered on exactly the right beats. However, Skyfall’s narrative is powered almost entirely by troubled relationships and all-too-human drives—particularity honor, hubris, and hate.
- George Zervopoulos @ moviesltd.gr [Greek]
