It's a leaner Bond and a bit meaner than yesteryear where it counts, but with that old archness still firmly intact. (theatlantic.com)
Or maybe he knows exactly how right he is, given the film's relentless archness: it knows that you know that it knows it's meta. (popmatters.com)
Led by the hands - on officer Captain Sandy Browning (Sean Harris — 24 Hour Party People, A Lonely Place to Die), a character of near - Machiavellian archness, they trade with both the IRA and the Protestants until it becomes impossible to gauge exactly what their motivation is. (2020-movie-reviews.com)