From Russia With Love (PG)
Creative Cold War thriller; best for 14+.
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Movie details
- Studio: MGM/UA
- Directed By: Terence Young
- Cast: Sean Connery, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw
- Running Time: 118 minutes
- Release Date: 01/01/1963
- Video/DVD Release Date: 10/17/2000
- Genre: Action/adventure
- MPAA Rating: PG
- MPAA Explanation: violence and sexual innuendo.
Parents need to know
Parents need to know that while there's no full-frontal nudity, this movie contains a lot sexual innuendo. The film is largely based around Bond's fondness for women and his casual attitude towards sex, so sexual double entendres abound throughout the film. The violence factor is high with explosions, fistfights, gun battles, and a strangling. The politics are cold war and likely to be completely baffling to younger teens.
Families can talk about Bond's approach to women and the way the movie treats women in general. Why must 007's fondness for women be a weakness for him? Why do females seem to be cast as villains? Bond presumes that his enemies in the film are Russians. Ask your kids what they know about the Cold War. Who do they think the villains would be today?
Families can talk about Bond's approach to women and the way the movie treats women in general. Why must 007's fondness for women be a weakness for him? Why do females seem to be cast as villains? Bond presumes that his enemies in the film are Russians. Ask your kids what they know about the Cold War. Who do they think the villains would be today?
Message
Social Behavior:
Women portrayed as good and evil two dimensional sex toy cut-outs
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Light drinking by adults.
Violence
Explosions, fistfights, gun battles, strangling.
Sex
Very strong sexual implications although no graphic frontal nudity or sex acts are presented.
Language
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by David Gurney
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE is the second film in the legendary series, and as an early entry, it features a more serious-minded plot than the later Bond films (although the "bond girls" are out in force and worth a discussion). Bond (Sean Connery) expects his villains to be Soviet agents, in reality, they are a part of an autonomous crime cartel setting a trap for him. Ultimately, Bond joins forces with the Soviets, (rather politically progressive for the Cold War period), to fight the mysterious SPECTRE crime organization for a second time.
Is it any good?
It is in this film that James Bond seems to emerge as a particularly unique character, following the more disaffected Bond of Dr. No. While the plot gets somewhat obscured in a few rather befuddling dialogue exchanges, the charm of Connery as Bond is strong enough to keep the film mostly engaging. That said, the self-mocking tone of the later Bond films is missing, and there are moments where younger viewers, used to more fast-paced action films, may find themselves twiddling their thumbs while waiting for the next burst of action.
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