Quantum of Solace
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: November 14, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 48 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
22
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Film ThreatJay Slater
Quantum of Solace may be explosive with images of fiery infernos, but it's convoluted and confusing, the plot playing second fiddle to its set pieces. Read full review
60
VarietyDerek Elley
Stripped of "Royale's" humor, elegance and reinvented old-school stylishness, Quantum has little left except its plot, which is rudimentary and slightly barmy, in the line of the Roger Moore pics of the '70s and '80s. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
The result isn't bland, but it's not exactly Bond either. Read full review
60
Time OutBen Kenigsberg
To be fair, Craig is still the best Bond since Connery, and a Man Who Knew Too Much–style set piece at a Vienna opera house momentarily offers the fleetness and wit the rest of the film lacks. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
Quantum of Solace isn't as good as Casino Royale: the smart elegance of Craig's Bond debut has been toned down in favour of conventional action. But the man himself powers this movie; he carries the film: it's an indefinably difficult task for an actor. Craig measures up. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonWally Hammond
So much dash, flash and thrill...there’s scant time left for character, let alone, story, fun, seduction, humour or wit. Read full review
60
Total FilmAndy Lowe
This is 007 in mid-story crisis; a festival of blaring action set-pieces propping up a scrappy script and undercooked characters. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
If the staging were as witty as the plotting, Quantum of Solace might have been a corker like "Casino Royale." But when the action starts, art-house-refugee director Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball) mashes together close-ups in the manner of "The Dark Knight," and every big set piece is borderline incoherent. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Don't ever let this happen again to James Bond. Quantum of Solace is his 22nd film and he will survive it, but for the 23rd it is necessary to go back to the drawing board and redesign from the ground up. Please understand: James Bond is not an action hero! Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
All dressed up with no particular place to go, this 22nd Bond film tries hard but ends up an underachiever. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
The violence in his (Craig's) first outing, "Casino Royale," was notably intense, and while Quantum of Solace is not quite as brutal, the mood is if anything even more grim and downcast. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
A model of mediocrity. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
A sequel that immediately picks up the plot of its predecessor, and then proceeds to drive the redeemed franchise right off the deep, dark end. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
Thank heaven for Judi Dench, whose M provides Quantum of Solace its sole quantum of peppery brio. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
The film feels more like an extended epilogue than a stand-alone adventure, which may be because it is the shortest (105 minutes) entry in the series. Read full review
50
NewsweekDavid Ansen
Quantum of Solace isn't frivolous or cheesy, but it isn't all that much fun either. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
The trouble with Quantum of Solace is that the frills are a mess, too. Even the customary opening title sequence, with its writhing silhouettes and screechy theme song by Jack White and Alicia Keys, is a cheesy throwback to the Roger Moore era: Ladies and gentlemen, the Quantum of Solace dancers! Read full review
50
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike Scott
It's still darker, still grittier, still absent any shred of camp. Best of all, it's still got Daniel Craig.... So what's missing? How about a compelling story? Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
After all these years of surviving everything that has been thrown at him, James Bond is finally being undone by his own team. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineJeremy Wheeler
This rare direct follow-up hopefully will put to rest the leftover emotional baggage of the character and leave Bond open to a bit more familiar interpretation in the future. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineBill Weber
Updating this anachronistic cash cow with the scrappy and sexy Craig still looks like a wise move, but it requires a greater quantum of style than Solace provides. Read full review
40
SlateDana Stevens
Quantum of Solace, the first bona fide sequel in the Bond series, has the poky pace and expository padding of the middle chapter of a trilogy. Read full review
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