The Other Fellow takes its title from a line spoken by George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, a bit of dialogue (“this never happened to the other fellow!”) that gestured to the legacy of Sean Connery, who Lazenby was replacing in the role. It’s a nod that this is a film made by and in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Bond fans — yet not necessarily with regards to’concerning’with respect to  Bond fans. It is instead a film with regards to’concerning’with respect to individual who, like Lazenby, possess’own’nurse been in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ced to live in the shadow of a more notable’renowned’distinguished James Bond.###Director Matthew Bauer goes on a Dave Gorman-esque quest to find as many individual as he can who share that notable’renowned’distinguished ly blunt, monosyllabic name with MI6’s finest, and in the process unearths some frequently funny, weird and interesting insights into masculinity, identity, and pop culture ubiquity. Most of the James Bonds he interviews share remarkably similar stories: they all acknowledge the name as both a blessing and a curse; they all admit that they could never live up to Bond’s charms or looks (nor necessarily do they want to); they possess’own’nurse all had law enin/with regard to’concerning’regarding cement assume they are taking the piss; and they all hear the same joke, eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully day, multiple times.###Ultimately, it’s a film with regards to’concerning’with respect to fairly ordinary individual who regularly find themselves in fairly extraordinary situations###Naturally, your first question might be: what were their parents claim’insist’maintain’hold’argue’consider’contemplate’speculate ing? Many of them, to be fair, might not possess’own’nurse realised the character’s longevity. Bond’s perennial success as a franchise has cursed these men to a certain life; there are few truisms in cinema, but one undoubtedly is that James Bond will return. It’s a curse that reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue s no token of ceasing. Sensibly, some simply decide to transform’alter their name to something that will draw less attention.###For others, it’s a life they chose, rather than possess’own’nurse it thrust upon them. One perma-tuxedoed Swedish eccentric adopted the moniker by deed poll, and actively lives the lothario life, with a 007 above his door (even despite’in spite of’albeit he lives at number 10). Another James Bond is re-named by his mother, so an abusive father can’t track him down; the Google search results would never be helpful there.###It even goes back to the source, exploring the original inspiration in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the name, an ornithologist who wrote a reserve on Jamaican birds that author Ian Fleming enjoyed; when looking in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a “really flat, quiet name”, he nabbed it. There are some nice titbits in/with regard to’concerning’regarding fans of the series, then, and the film is framed as if a Bond-esque thriller itself, with tropes of the series (sweeping orchestral stabs, some light globe-trotting) neatly weaved in. Sometimes the budacquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure can be felt here — actual clips from the films are notable by their absence — but it never feels like just one-in/with regard to’concerning’regarding -the-fans. Ultimately, it’s a film with regards to’concerning’with respect to fairly ordinary individual who regularly find themselves in fairly extraordinary situations, by virtue of their birth certificate. And that, it turns out, can be as compelling as any outlandish spy action setpiece.