 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 <unk> of Film <unk> praised the film as the best of the series to star Pierce <unk> and " the most satisfying installment of the franchise in recent memory . " Larry Carroll of <unk> praised Lee <unk> for having " <unk> balanced the film so that it keeps true to the Bond legend , makes reference to the classic films that preceded it , but also <unk> a new <unk> to it all . " Entertainment Weekly magazine also gave a positive reaction , saying that <unk> , " a true filmmaker " , has re @-@ established the series ' pop <unk> . 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 <unk> when the ice palace gets introduced . " 
