From Russia With Love (1963)

"James Bond is still played by Sean Connery, who has a deal more charm than Fleming's determinedly U-style tough, and who adds considerably to the send-up by being so endearingly non-U in person, bearing an Ulster accent (sic)." - David Robinson, The Financial Times

"The Bond films are brilliantly skilful. Among other things, they seem to have cottoned on to a kind of brutal flippancy that is the voice of the age." - Penelope Gilliat, The Observer

"Incredible twaddle it may be, but I for one find such twaddle irresistible." - Cecil Wilson, Daily Mail

"What sort of people are we becoming if we can accept such perversions as a giggle?" - Nina Hibbin, Daily Worker

"If Odeon cinemas really think the new Bond film is nice clean fun for all the family, then Britain has some pretty kinky families... or soon will have." - Films and Filming

"It is neither uplifting, instructive, nor life-enhancing. Neither is it great film-making. But it sure is fun." - Richard Goud, The Guardian

"An international heehaw at whodunnits, an uproarious parody that may become a classic of caricature" - Time