Thunderball: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 34 reviews

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Bosley Crowther New York Times (Top Critic)

60

The color is handsome. The scenery in the Bahamas is an irresistible lure. Even the violence is funny. That's the best I can say for a Bond film.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Dave Kehr Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Slightly bloated Bond, with too much technology for my taste and a climactic slaughter that's a little too mindless to be much fun.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Variety Staff Variety (Top Critic)

There's visible evidence that the reported $5.5 million budget was no mere publicity figure; it's posh all the way.
Full Review » 4 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

75

Classic 007 -- not the best picture in the long-running series, to be sure, but a more-than-worthwhile diversion for the action-loving escapist in us all.
Full Review » 12 years ago
TIME Magazine (Top Critic)

If Thunderball's gimmickry seems to overreach at times, Actor Connery gains assurance from film to film, by now delivers all his soppiest Jimcracks martini-dry.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Scott G. Mignola Common Sense Media

40

Even James Bond can miss his mark.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Sean Axmaker Turner Classic Movies Online

Thunderball, the biggest, most lavish, and longest Bond film at that time, was the most popular of its day.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Dennis Schwartz Ozus' World Movie Reviews

67

It was still fun despite its shortcomings.
Full Review » 3 years ago
Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews

75

Sean Connery's fourth Bond film, Thunderball, slips from the peak of From Russia with Love and Goldfinger, but still provides plenty of thrills of the brand only 007 can provide. [Blu-ray]
Full Review » 4 years ago
Film4

Formulaic it may be, but this is still classic 007 action, featuring great underwater sequences and a wicked femme fatale.
Full Review » 4 years ago
TV Guide's Movie Guide

75

Relatively disappointing.
Full Review » 4 years ago
David Kaplan Kaplan vs. Kaplan

60

Full Review » 4 years ago
Stefan Birgir Stefansson sbs.is

75

Sean Connery is fantastic
Full Review » 4 years ago
Time Out

The fourth Bond, marking the point at which spectacular hardware began to dominate the series. Sleek and quite fun all the same.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com

100

Certainly among the top five of all Bonds, and still socko.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com

60

Full Review » 7 years ago
Rumsey Taylor Not Coming to a Theater Near You

It loosely maintains the series' early wit, which may be solely attributed, perhaps, to ease with which Sean Connery inhabits the role of Bond.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

60

Full Review » 8 years ago
Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat

40

Full Review » 8 years ago
Daniel M. Kimmel Worcester Telegram & Gazette

80

Full Review » 8 years ago
John J. Puccio DVDTown.com

70

If it doesn't live up to its illustrious predecessors...well, it still has Connery, and that's a plus in anybody's book.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Austin Chronicle

Two Bond staples, gratuitous sex and violence, are captured in Thunderball's underwater-photography scenes, and they still look incredible 25 years later.
Full Review » 9 years ago
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews

63

...the movie becomes bogged down in underwater adventures towards the end.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Rob Vaux Flipside Movie Emporium

60

A big step down from Goldfinger, but still moderately entertaining.
Full Review » 9 years ago