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Boxoffice Magazine
With Sean Connery, now one of the screen's top names, repeating his suave, imperturbable characterization of Agent 007, supported by two of Britain's most alluring actresses, this lurid adventure film seems destined to become one of UA's biggest ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
At-A-Glance Film Reviews
This is one of the most highly regarded Bond films, despite an interesting but flawed plot. Even I regarded it as my personal favorite until I watched all the Bond films in succession and thoroughly analyzed each. This was the trend-setter of the Bond ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews
Encyclopedia Of Fantastic Film & TV
Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
The classic 1964 James Bond film, Goldfinger , has been released on disc for the eighth time--that's more times than even Star Wars . If there is anybody out there yet who doesn't have a copy, this latest iteration is a CLV movie-only version (well, a ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review
Crazy for Cinema
It's sad to admit as a lover of film that I have never really been a big Bond fan. In fact, I've only ever seen the more recent Bond films with Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan. Dalton I found boring and Brosnan though attractive is nothing more than ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Crazy for Cinema
Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)
I can't imagine there are many people out there who haven't seen this film, however for those of you who were as much in the dark about Bond as I was, I'll try to explain the plot. Not as complicated or convoluted as the more recent films, GOLDFINGER is ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)
BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
Consistently voted the most popular Bond film among users of the IMDB (aren't we all?), "Goldfinger" is the third entry of the official series, and it set a stylistic standard for the sequels.
The villain is Auric Goldfinger, a man who is obsessed ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
Even though GOLDFINGER ($25) is the third movie in the series, it certainly rates amongst the most popular and entertaining of the James Bond films. If nothing else, GOLDFINGER has the best known theme song of any of the Bond movies. Fans and non-fans ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Cinema Laser (Derek M. Germano)
DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
These Bond capers were the prototypes and set the gold standard for dozens of fantasy thrillers that followed. [Review cowritten by Henry G. Belot] ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Panorama (Jean-François Vandeuren)
Sean Connery excelle une fois de plus dans la peau d'un personnage aussi froid que charismatique qui continue de foncer tête première avec un détachement souvent irrationnel ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Panorama (Jean-François Vandeuren)
Netflix (James Rocchi)
The best Bond gets the best treatment. ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
One of, if not the very best of the Bond series, "Goldfinger" stars Sean Connery as our favorite secret agent, tracking down a diabolical mastermind named Goldfinger who plans to take the wealth of Fort Knox for his own, with the help of his sidekick ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
Rambles: Tom Knapp
Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe, with Michael Collins dubbing his voice) is a charismatic, petulant, purely self-motivated villain who provides an excellent match for Britain's premier spy and saboteur, 007 (Sean Connery). Bond begins his investigation in ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Rambles: Tom Knapp
Britmovie
While Bond (Sean Connery) is on holiday, M (Bernard Lee) asks him to look into the activities of the millionaire industrialist and gambler Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe). Bond discovers that Goldfinger cheats at cards and a golf, and discovers that the ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Britmovie
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Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
There's no doubt that James Bond is a cool character, yet his movies rarely match his appeal. Having pretty much seen the whole series, I have some pleasant memories, but they're mostly scattered through uneven installments. The early films starring Sean ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Popcorn Pictures Review
Arguably the greatest Bond film of them all, this is the one where it really all began for the world's most famous secret agent. There had been two films before this, massive hits in their own right, but here in Goldfinger do we see the Bond formula ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Popcorn Pictures Review
The G Line review
Goldfinger was the Bond film that contained the seeds of everything that the series was to become, for better or for worse -- but here, you can see them all before they became ludicrously embalmed in such stilted, lifeless atrocities as Tomorrow Never ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at The G Line review
DVD MovieGuide
For my money, Bond never got any better than Goldfinger. The series got bigger and flashier, but no film ever portrayed the fun, action, and danger, and the high-tech nuttiness of the world of James Bond any more perfectly than this 1964 classic. This ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at DVD MovieGuide
The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
Investigating a gold magnate's smuggling activity, Agent 007 stumbles upon a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
MediaScreen.com
By NICK ZEGARAC
"Goldfinger" is arguably the best James Bond movie ever made. At least it is the most beloved by fans of the series. Staring Sean Connery as Agent 007, this time Bond is assigned to keep an eye on Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobes), ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at MediaScreen.com
filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
What it's about. British agent 007 (Sean Connery) is sent to Miami Beach to spy on Goldfinger (Gert Frobe), a gold-obsessed zillionaire with a secret plot to rob Fort Knox. His allies are Oddjob (Harold Sakata), a mute and loyal strongman servant, and ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
not coming to a theater near you (Rich Watts)
The name Goldfinger arose as a caricature of the combative, self-assured, domineering Hungarian Erno Goldfinger, a renowned architect who came to be demonised for his part in the high-rise architectural attack on London. ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at not coming to a theater near you (Rich Watts)
Eccentric Cinema
The third 007 film, 1964's Goldfinger, was not only one of the first true international movie blockbusters but also established the basic template for the 17 (and counting) James Bond adventures to follow. Dr. No, the first Bond flick, introduced the ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Eccentric Cinema
Edinburgh U Film Society (Matthew Bull)
The third Bond movie, and probably the best, before the series started to become clumsy parodies of themselves. The story runs thus: Mr Goldfinger has been amassing unusually large amounts of gold. 007 is put on the case. One country and a ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Matthew Bull)
Movie-Vault.com ("Le Apprenti")
007 is back, and this time he goes for the gold. Be it found in the name of the title villain, on Fort Knox, or on a dead woman's bodypaint, the Midas' touch is the core of the third installment of James Bond from the pages of creator Ian Fleming. ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Movie-Vault.com ("Le Apprenti")
Mr. Mikey's Video Views (J. Michael Dlugos)
This is the third installment in the long-running James Bond cycle of flicks, and is still one of the best of the lot. While Dr. No and From Russia With Love set the precedent, Goldfinger set the standard. Not only the standard by which other Bond flicks ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Mr. Mikey's Video Views (J. Michael Dlugos)
Time Out (--)
Vintage Bond from the moment our hero pops up out of the sea under a bobbing seagull attached to his frogman's suit which, having duly accomplished his explosive mission, he strips off to reveal an impeccable white dinner-jacket underneath. Ken Adam's ...read the complete Goldfinger movie review at Time Out (--)
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