 In his review of "Moonraker" in 1979, the "Chicago Sun-Times" film critic Roger Ebert, while clearly expressing his approval of the advanced special effects and Ken Adam's extravagant production sets, criticised the pace in which the locations of the film evolved, remarking, "it's so jammed with faraway places and science fiction special effects that Bond has to move at a trot just to make it into all the scenes".Christopher Null of Filmcritic.com said of the film