Anthony Lane of The New Yorker criticised the more imperfect and self-aware depiction of the character, saying, "Even James Bond, in other words, wants to be 007."
《纽约客》的安东尼·莱恩（Anthony Lane）对角色表现了出更多不完美之处和自我意识感到不满，称“换言之，即便是詹姆斯·邦德也想成为007”。