SBDMT wrote:

The first review on Rotten tomatoes I came across was ruthless. Some gems:

Walter Chaw wrote:

the only vaguely amusing thing to follow in what amounts to one of the most painful experiences to be had this summer short of dental surgery, an Andrew Lloyd Weber revival-in-the-round, or getting stabbed in the eye with a knitting needle.

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Walter Chaw wrote:

Worse, when the crew find themselves in a nighttime Venice (everything occurs at night in this film in a transparent attempt to camouflage the godawful CGI background mattes) and a character calls out, "Hurry up, we need to find the bomb," the only response is first the very reasonable, "What bomb," followed by the sad realization that they're going to have a hard time finding this bomb because they're all starring in it.

Tee hee. There's several rumors about Connery throwing several fits during the production, one involving actual punches thrown at the director. I'm curious to discover which one got their way.

Extraordinary gentlemen, indeed.