The critics have given their final verdict for Spectre and it's not very kind.

Most of the new reviews express disappointment in Sam Mendes' latest iteration of the James Bond franchise. With some stating that the film hearkens to the redundant tropes of the Bond films of Sean Connery's time to criticising its messy and uneven plot.

Enstars rounds up some of the top reviews for the film.

"It's probably unfair to crave more indulgence from a film whose very existence feels extraneous, but ifSpectre simply must be, then it ought to be nervier and, frankly, more entertaining than the 150-minute slog Mendes has given us." -- Vanity Fair

"Spectre is a mess; a listless mash-up of lazy gags and storytelling shortcuts that doesn't just echo the series' Mooreian lows - it undermines all the work the franchise has done since 2006. By the time it was over, I completely understood why Daniel Craig wants out." -- Verge

"As I say in my video review (click the link above),Spectre is no Skyfall, but it will have to do. At a cost of about $250 million and at nearly two and a half hours, this outing does feel a little tired. But maybe that really doesn't matter a whole lot because for Bond fans we just can't wait for these movies, and this one is definitely stylish and intense enough to deliver all the required action - and then some. I just wish Craig's Bond had more of the wit of past Bonds and a little more of the sophistication." -- Deadline

"What Spectre lacks is the sinister magnetic pull of Skyfall, a Bond movie with real stakes and attitude and distinctive flavor, not to mention more mesmeric images than one can usually expect from this workmanlike blockbuster franchise." -- A.V. Club

"Like all of Craig's turns in the tux, Spectre is a blast of bespoke escapism, full of globetrotting action and thousand-thread-count opulence. But compared with 2012's stellar Skyfall, it feels both overstuffed and undercooked. Spectre aspires to be the culmination of Craig's four-film cycle, connecting all his onscreen adversaries in one nefarious web of villainy, but it sets up a this-is-what-it-all-means revelation that never quite pays off." -- EW

Spectre will hit theaters in the US on Nov. 6.

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