--- title: "No Time to Die" year: 2021 kind: "film" canonical: "https://film.one/film/no-time-to-die" fi1m_id: "no-time-to-die" imdb_id: "tt2382320" tmdb_id: 370172 wikidata_id: "Q21534241" fi1m_score: 67 critics_score: 70 critics_reviews: 25 published: "2026-09-18" updated: "2026-09-18T11:50:38.187551+00:00" region: "HU" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # No Time to Die (2021) Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga · 2h 43m · NMHH 16 · Action, Thriller, Adventure ## Identity No Time to Die - **Canonical:** https://film.one/film/no-time-to-die - **Type:** Film - **Fi1m ID:** no-time-to-die - **IMDb ID:** tt2382320 - **TMDB ID:** 370172 - **Wikidata ID:** Q21534241 - **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2382320/, https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/370172, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21534241 **Fi1m score: 67** · Critics 70 from 25 reviews *In a sentence:* Bond finally has feelings, and the film has 163 minutes to make sure we notice each one > Daniel Craig’s fifth and final Bond is handsome, sincere and too long. It opens with one of the series’ best action sequences and closes with real feeling; the plot in between, and the villain carrying it, do not earn the 163 minutes. ## Synopsis James Bond (Daniel Craig) has left MI6 and is in Matera with Madeleine (Léa Seydoux), trying to trust a woman who has asked him to bury the past. The past comes for them anyway: gunmen on motorbikes, a chase through the hill town in the Aston Martin, and a parting at a railway station. Five years on, Bond is fishing in Jamaica when Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) turns up with a job. Valdo Obruchev (David Dencik), a scientist working on a secret weapon for M (Ralph Fiennes), has been snatched from a London laboratory, and the trail leads to a party in Havana. Bond also finds he has a rival: Nomi (Lashana Lynch), the new agent carrying his old number. ## Review Cary Joji Fukunaga’s *No Time to Die* is the fifth and last of Daniel Craig’s Bond films, and it knows it. Every scene is a farewell to something: to Madeleine (Léa Seydoux), to the 00 number, to the Aston Martin, to the idea of Bond as a man who feels nothing. It runs 163 minutes, the longest in the series, and about a hundred of them are good. The rest is plot, and the plot is the problem. The opening in Matera is the best stretch. Bond and Madeleine are on holiday in the hill town, in love and uneasy, and Fukunaga lets that sit before the motorbikes arrive. Linus Sandgren shoots the town in honey light, the stone the colour of toast, and when the ambush comes the Aston Martin ends up spinning in a piazza with bullets bouncing off the glass while Craig sits inside deciding whether he can be bothered to live. Tom Cross and Elliot Graham cut it tight and clear; we always know where the car is and where the men with guns are. It is a proper Bond sequence, and the film never quite matches it again. Cuba, forty minutes later, comes close. Bond and a nervous new agent called Paloma (Ana de Armas) gatecrash a party in Havana in evening dress, and for ten minutes the film is funny, fast and flirtatious in a way the Craig years have mostly avoided. Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s fingerprints are on the dialogue here and in the scenes with Ben Whishaw’s Q, who has a boyfriend coming round for dinner and a kitchen full of Bond and Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) at the wrong moment. Lashana Lynch’s Nomi, who has inherited the number 007 while Bond fished in Jamaica, is sharp and dry and given too little to do once the story moves indoors. The story moves indoors a lot. Valdo Obruchev (David Dencik) has been stolen from an MI6 laboratory along with a weapon that gets explained at least four times, and the explanations do not improve. The script, credited to Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Waller-Bridge and Fukunaga, keeps stopping so that Ralph Fiennes’s M can look guilty and Rory Kinnear’s Tanner can read out a briefing. Christoph Waltz returns as Blofeld for a single scene in a glass cell, and the scene is over before he has finished being menacing. Somewhere in the middle hour we found ourselves restless, counting the rooms in which people stand and describe the danger, and we were annoyed at being restless in a film that had begun so well. Rami Malek’s Safin is the weak point. He whispers, he wears a cracked white mask in the prologue and a long coat later, he talks about tidiness and gardens, and he never once seems to want anything specific. Mark Tildesley builds him a base of Soviet concrete with a poison garden at its heart, one of the best sets in the series, and the villain rattles around in it like a lodger. Suttirat Anne Larlarb dresses Craig well throughout, a cream jacket in Jamaica, a dinner jacket in Havana, and puts Safin in clothes that seem to be doing the acting for him. And then the last stretch, which we will not describe. What we can say is that Hans Zimmer has been threading John Barry’s “We Have All the Time in the World” through the score since Matera, and when the tune arrives in full it did to us exactly what it was designed to do. Craig plays the closing scenes with a stillness he has been building toward since [*Casino Royale*](https://film.one/film/casino-royale) (2006), and Seydoux, given more to play than she had in [*Spectre*](https://film.one/film/spectre) (2015), meets him. We were moved, more than we expected, and slightly cross about how much plot we had sat through to get there. Set against the Craig run, it sits below *Casino Royale* and [*Skyfall*](https://film.one/film/skyfall) (2012) and above *Spectre*, which is roughly where most critics have put it. It wants to be an ending more than it wants to be a thriller, and the two jobs keep getting in each other’s way. See it for Matera, for Havana and for the last twenty minutes; bring patience for the hour in between. It carries a 12A, which the violence tests more than once. *Fi1m score 67, published 18 September 2026.* ## What the critics say Most critics like it, and most of them for the same reason: Daniel Craig. The reviews agree his farewell performance is layered and human, and that the film’s decision to give Bond feelings, grief and a domestic life pays off. The Matera opening and the Havana sequence with Ana de Armas are the set pieces named most often, and Cary Fukunaga’s direction is praised for finding tenderness in the character without dropping the spectacle. Four British publications give it full marks. The reservations cluster around length and plot. Even admirers call the story convoluted and the pacing baggy, and the villain is a common complaint, described as monotonous or underwritten. The spread is wide: at the far end Slant Magazine finds it bloated and personality-free, Screen Daily thinks it lacks pleasure and wit, and Sight and Sound is unconvinced by the emotional storyline it is built on. Those dissenters are outnumbered, but they are not few. ## Straight answers **Is No Time to Die worth watching?** *No Time to Die* is worth watching for anyone who has followed Daniel Craig's Bond and wants to see him out, and we scored it 67. The Matera opening, the Havana party and the final twenty minutes are the reasons to sit down; the hour of briefings and a villain who never wants anything specific are the reasons you will check the clock. **How long is No Time to Die, and what is it rated?** *No Time to Die* runs 2h 43m and is rated 16 by the NMHH in Hungary. It is an action and thriller film. **Where can I watch No Time to Die in Hungary?** *No Time to Die* is available to rent from Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV from Ft 799. Availability is checked daily; the links above go straight to each service. **How violent or frightening is No Time to Die, and is it suitable for children?** *No Time to Die* carries a 12A in the UK and its violence tests that certificate more than once, with motorbike gunmen, bullets on car glass and a whispering masked villain with a poison garden. It suits teenagers and older children used to Bond; younger or more squeamish viewers may find the shooting and the menace too much for a family evening. **How does No Time to Die compare to Spectre?** *No Time to Die* is the better of the two Craig Bonds, sitting above [*Spectre*](https://film.one/film/spectre) in our estimation, mainly because it has feeling where the earlier film has only handsome pictures. *Spectre* opens brilliantly and then reassembles old parts; the later film opens brilliantly and then tries to say goodbye, which it manages, at the cost of a slow middle hour. **Do you need to have seen the other James Bond films before No Time to Die?** *No Time to Die* is not the place to start with James Bond, because it is built as an ending and most of its weight comes from Daniel Craig's four earlier films. Newcomers will follow the plot well enough, but the farewells to Madeleine, Blofeld and the 00 number land properly only if you have seen at least [*Casino Royale*](https://film.one/film/casino-royale) and [*Spectre*](https://film.one/film/spectre). **What should I watch after No Time to Die?** After *No Time to Die*, try [*Casino Royale*](https://film.one/film/casino-royale) (2006, Fi1m 86): Where Craig’s Bond began, leaner and crueller, with the best card game in the series. Then [*Logan*](https://film.one/film/logan) (2017, Fi1m 83): Another franchise hero allowed to grow old, ache and say goodbye properly; and [*Le Samouraï*](https://film.one/film/le-samourai) (1967, Fi1m 88): Alain Delon in a trench coat, saying almost nothing; the cool Bond only pretends to. **What order should I watch the James Bond films in?** Release order is the safe choice for James Bond, and it is the order [our collection page](https://film.one/collections/james-bond) lists them in. *No Time to Die* is the most recent of the 27 James Bond titles on Fi1m; before it comes [*Spectre*](https://film.one/film/spectre). [The full order.](https://film.one/collections/james-bond.md) ### Reviews we read (25) - **The Guardian**, Peter Bradshaw (5/5): The critic calls the film an epic barnstormer and weird self-aware epic. They single out Cary Fukunaga's terrific panache and the portrayal of a romantic, uxorious Bond unafraid to show his feelings. [Read](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/sep/29/no-time-to-die-review-daniel-craig-dispatches-james-bond-with-panache-rage-and-cuddles) - **The Telegraph**, Robbie Collin (5/5): The critic describes the film as an extravagantly satisfying last chapter to the Craig era. They single out the unfashionably colourful visuals and one of the great Bond action sequences in Matera. [Read](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2021/09/30/no-time-die-review-daniel-craig-bond-extravagant-satisfying/) - **The Times**, Kevin Maher (5/5): The critic declares the film magnificent and a huge thundering epic. They single out its heart as a moving portrait of an antiquated hero facing obsolescence and Fukunaga's expert direction. [Read](https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/no-time-to-die-review-craig-delivers-the-best-of-007-to-end-his-service-with-a-bang-98mmkfnqm) - **Time Out**, Phil de Semlyen (5/5): Daniel Craig bows out with a feast of heart and spectacle, the best Bond since Casino Royale. It surprises with strong storytelling decisions, humour, visual grace notes and emotional sincerity. [Read](https://www.timeout.com/movies/no-time-to-die-2021) - **Variety**, Owen Gleiberman (Critics Pick): The critic calls it a terrific, briskly paced conventional Bond thriller and the best entry since Casino Royale, with high finesse and soul that delivers a satisfying emotional send-off for Craig. He singles out the ingenious weave of action, gadgets, quips, and romance that keeps the long runtime sharp and engaging. [Read](https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/no-time-to-die-review-daniel-craig-rami-malek-lea-seydoux-1235075443/) - **Empire**, John Nugent (4/5): The film dutifully ticks all the boxes but brilliantly does not always feel like a Bond film. Fukunaga finds vulnerability in the hero with a stunning finale that gives Craig the send-off he deserves. [Read](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/no-time-to-die/) - **Radio Times**, Patrick Cremona (4/5): A sprawling, occasionally disjointed but exhilarating swan song with irresistible entertainment value and terrific set pieces. Craig delivers a superb, human performance amid some flaws in pacing and supporting roles. [Read](https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/no-time-to-die-review-daniel-craig-disjointed-exhilerating/) - **The i Paper**, Christina Newland (4/5): This is a surprisingly tender-hearted farewell to the 007 we have known for over a decade. The film soars when smartly combining the old with the new, as with the introduction of new MI6 agent Nomi. [Read](https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/no-time-to-die-review-premiere-daniel-craig-lea-seydoux-lashana-lynch-1223032) - **Total Film**, Matt Maytum (80/100, inferred): Even a disappointing villain cannot detract from a bold, satisfying climax to Daniel Craig’s time in the tux. Craig is given just what he needs with a performance that offers a fitting end to his tenure. [Read](https://www.gamesradar.com/no-time-to-die-review-james-bond/) - **The Hollywood Reporter**, David Rooney (70/100, inferred): The critic finds the film elevated by a fitting emotional farewell for Craig’s Bond and praises the tender, vulnerable human portrait of the character amid the action. The main complaint is the convoluted, protracted plot that drowns the story in villainy and pacing issues. [Read](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/no-time-to-die-daniel-craig-1235022401/) - **The New Yorker**, Anthony Lane (65/100, inferred): The review describes the film as often exciting yet inward and agonized in its thrills, overly reliant on self-referential callbacks to prior Craig-era entries. It singles out the debonair Cuba sequence with Ana de Armas and Bond for its witty, flirtatious energy. [Read](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/18/james-bonds-heavy-heart-in-no-time-to-die) - **The New York Times**, A.O. Scott (60/100, inferred): The critic finds the film a somber, lengthy send-off for Craig's Bond that leans more toward superhero saga than classic espionage caper, with mixed results on its emotional weight. He singles out the crisp, stylish Havana party action sequence featuring Ana de Armas for particular praise. [Read](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/movies/no-time-to-die-review.html) - **Screen Daily** (30/100, inferred): The film breaks many canonical rules with elegant solutions to wrap up the Craig cycle but is oddly lacking in pleasure or real wit. Craig persuades with more human substance while the whole lacks joy. [Read](https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/no-time-to-die-review/5163708.article) - **Sight and Sound**, Kim Newman (30/100, inferred): The film is action-packed but hindered by an unconvincing emotional storyline and an underused ensemble cast. It struggles with a baggy plot while managing some excellent action scenes. [Read](https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/no-time-die-brings-daniel-craigs-tenure-bond-disappointing-end) - **Slant Magazine**, Keith Uhlich (30/100, inferred): The critic calls the film bloated and personality-free in direction, criticizing how it makes viewers feel every one of its long minutes through ponderous plotting. Praise goes to some supporting character moments and Craig’s performance, but the overall arc feels like a treacly sop rather than savage Bond pleasures. [Read](https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/no-time-to-die-review-daniel-craig/) - **Vulture**, Bilge Ebiri (30/100, inferred): The review notes that the film is fun only when it embraces proper Bond action and visual spectacle on the big screen, with strong set pieces. It criticizes the overly convoluted story, lack of substance, forced emotional beats, and weak chemistry that make much of it feel like a slog. [Read](https://www.vulture.com/article/film-review-no-time-to-die-with-daniel-craig-as-james-bond.html) - **Deadline**, Pete Hammond (90/100, inferred): The critic calls it a thrilling and emotional exit for Daniel Craig as Bond, a fitting finale that humanizes the character while delivering action and risks. He singles out Craig's complex performance and the film's emphasis on human conflicts alongside the stunts. [Read](https://deadline.com/2021/09/no-time-to-die-review-daniel-craig-thrilling-emotoinal-finale-1234845958/) - **The Wrap** (85/100, inferred): The review deems it Daniel Craig’s best James Bond outing, one remembered most for its emotional impact and Craig’s layered performance. It singles out the focus on memory, mortality, and emotional spaces rarely explored in the franchise. [Read](https://www.thewrap.com/no-time-to-die-film-review-daniel-craig-james-bond-007/) - **NME**, Alex Flood (4/5): The critic highlights the film's emotional stakes, believable chemistry between Craig and Seydoux, and fresh humor from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, calling it surprisingly moving. Some plot choices and the villain feel clichéd or compromised, but the bold risks and finale make it a fitting send-off. [Read](https://www.nme.com/reviews/film-reviews/no-time-to-die-review-james-bond-3057021) - **The Playlist**, Robert Daniels (B): The critic praises the film as a fitting, emotionally resonant close to Craig’s tenure, highlighting its exploration of grief, mortality, and a heartbreaking final scene. It notes the lengthy runtime and some underutilized elements but calls the ending worth toasting. [Read](https://theplaylist.net/no-time-to-die-daniel-craig-james-bond-final-review-20210928/) - **Collider**, Matt Goldberg (B-): The critic finds the film messy with a convoluted script but praises how it understands the core of Craig's Bond as a three-dimensional character seeking love beyond sex and violence. It highlights the strong chemistry and craftsmanship as enough to overcome the flaws, marking a fitting end to the era. [Read](https://collider.com/no-time-to-die-review-james-bond-daniel-craig/) - **Consequence**, Clint Worthington (B-): The review calls it a thrilling swan song but notes it drops some balls juggling responsibilities, grows fatigued, with crisp but occasionally languid direction and a creaky script. It praises the attempt to adapt the series while acknowledging the weight on its shoulders as the 25th entry and Craig's farewell. [Read](https://consequence.net/2021/09/no-time-to-die-review-james-bond-daniel-craig/) - **/Film**, Phil Nobile Jr. (7/10): The critic finds the film an uneven but worthwhile swan song that delivers strong gadgets, humor, and Hans Zimmer's score while struggling with vignette-like structure and underused supporting players. It ultimately argues Bond is eternal despite the definitive ending. [Read](https://www.slashfilm.com/619007/no-time-to-die-review-daniel-craigs-swan-song-gives-bond-a-definitive-divisive-ending/) - **Den of Geek**, Don Kaye (3.5 out of 5): The critic praises Daniel Craig's layered, multi-dimensional performance as Bond but finds the film overstuffed with a thin central story and a muddled villain. It delivers intense action and emotional depth but strives for epic sweep without fully achieving it. [Read](https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/no-time-to-die-review-daniel-craig-carries-james-bond/) - **The Ringer**, Adam Nayman (40/100, inferred): The critic sees it as an outlier full of sentimentality and resolution, a parched solemn affair heavy on pathos that wears the viewer out, with a monotonous villain and unnecessary plot. It notes the paradigm shift signaled by female operatives and views the film as a fitting if joyless endnote for Craig's run. [Read](https://www.theringer.com/2021/10/08/movies/no-time-to-die-review-james-bond-daniel-craig-last-movie) ## Details - **Director:** Cary Joji Fukunaga - **Director:** Cary Joji Fukunaga - **Screenplay:** Robert Wade, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Neal Purvis, Cary Joji Fukunaga - **Story:** Cary Joji Fukunaga, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade - **Cinematography:** Linus Sandgren - **Editor:** Tom Cross, Elliot Graham - **Music:** Hans Zimmer - **Production design:** Mark Tildesley - **Costume design:** Suttirat Anne Larlarb - **Producer:** Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson - **Cast:** Daniel Craig as James Bond; Léa Seydoux as Madeleine; Rami Malek as Lyutsifer Safin; Lashana Lynch as Nomi; Ralph Fiennes as M; Ben Whishaw as Q; Naomie Harris as Moneypenny; Rory Kinnear as Tanner - **Runtime:** 2h 43m - **Certificate (NMHH):** 16 - **Release (Hungary):** 30 September 2021 - **Genres:** Action, Thriller, Adventure - **Part of:** [James Bond](https://film.one/collections/james-bond.md) · 27 of 27 - **Budget:** $250 million - **Box office:** $774 million - **Trailer:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_gD9-Oa0fg ## Where to watch in Hungary - Amazon Prime Video: rent Ft 799, hd - Apple TV: rent Ft 799, hd - Amazon Prime Video: buy Ft 1,989, hd - Apple TV: buy Ft 2,290, hd *Checked 2026-09-18.* Also available in: AE, AR, AT, AU, BE, BR, CA, CH, CL, CO, CZ, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, HK, HU, ID, IE, IL, IN, IT, JP, KR, MX, MY, NL, NO, NZ, PA, PH, PL, PT, RO, SE, SG, TH, TR, UA, US, VN, ZA. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country. ## If you liked this - *Casino Royale* (2006), Fi1m 86: Where Craig’s Bond began, leaner and crueller, with the best card game in the series — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale.md) - *Logan* (2017), Fi1m 83: Another franchise hero allowed to grow old, ache and say goodbye properly — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/logan.md) - *Le Samouraï* (1967), Fi1m 88: Alain Delon in a trench coat, saying almost nothing; the cool Bond only pretends to — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/le-samourai.md) - *Mission: Impossible – Fallout* (2018), Fi1m 87: Set pieces built like clockwork and a hero who never stops to explain them — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-fallout.md) - *The Spy Who Came in from the Cold* (1965): Richard Burton’s tired, bitter agent is what Bond looks like without the tailoring --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. 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