Film review: Everything Or Nothing: The Untold Story Of 007 is a glossy, well-researched documentary.

Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story Of 007

Celebrating 50 years of 007 on film, this glossy, well-researched documentary is essentially a gilded DVD extra – but it’s a marvellously entertaining one.

It is packed with unusual nuggets, such as an interview with Ian Fleming ’s now 100-year-old ex-girlfriend (his chat-up line was: ‘I do hope you’re not a lesbian,’ before passionately snogging her) and a clip of the early Hollywoodised version of Casino Royale starring US secret agent ‘Jimmy Bond’.

Overall, though, it focuses more on the big characters behind Bond – the stars and larger-than-life prod-ucers – than on analysing the secret of Bond’s extraordinary longevity. The 21-day countdown to Skyfall starts here.


Score: 4/5