Rotten Tomatoes listed Die Another Day with a 58 % rating . Metacritic gave the film a 56 out of 100 rating , representing " mixed or average reviews . " Michael Dequina of Film Threat praised the film as the best of the series to star Pierce Brosnan and " the most satisfying installment of the franchise in recent memory . " Larry Carroll of CountingDown.com praised Lee Tamahori for having " magnificently balanced the film so that it keeps true to the Bond legend , makes reference to the classic films that preceded it , but also injects a new zest to it all . " Entertainment Weekly magazine also gave a positive reaction , saying that Tamahori , " a true filmmaker " , has re @-@ established the series ' pop sensuality . Dana Stevens of The New York Times called the film the best of the James Bond series since The Spy Who Loved Me . Kyle Bell of Movie Freaks 365 stated in his review that the " first half of Die Another Day is classic Bond " , but that " Things start to go downhill when the ice palace gets introduced . "