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Johnny English

Johnny English (2003)

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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 116
Fresh: 38 | Rotten: 78

A tame spy spoof that elicits infrequent chuckles.

43

Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 17

A tame spy spoof that elicits infrequent chuckles.

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An unhinged parody of James Bond theatrics, Johnny English finds Mr. Bean himself suiting up as the eponymous super spy for a series of wild and silly adventures. A lowly pencil pusher working for the MI7 agency, Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown up at his funeral. When billionaire entrepreneur Pascal Sauvage (John Malkovich) sponsors the exhibition of the Crown Jewels and the valuable gems disappear

PG, 1 hr. 28 min.

Comedy

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Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, William Davies

Jan 13, 2004

$28.0M

Universal Pictures

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Critic Reviews for Johnny English

All Critics (135) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (41) | Rotten (79) | DVD (16)

Mike Myers has worked this material to death.

July 31, 2003 Comment
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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There weren't enough good laughs for me to recommend it to anyone other than the most devoted Beanheads.

July 26, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Daily News | Comment
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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[A] completely unnecessary and nearly chuckle-free spy movie spoof ...

July 21, 2003 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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So much of Johnny English should be funnier than it is.

July 19, 2003 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comment
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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Innocuous, if dumb, fun.

July 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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A hugely redundant spy spoof.

July 18, 2003 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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The spy parts aren't exciting enough and the funny parts aren't funny enough.

October 20, 2011 Full Review Source: Beliefnet | Comment
Nell Minow
Beliefnet

While it lives up to the very definition of 'hit and miss', the parts that hit are very funny.

June 20, 2005 Full Review Source: FromTheBalcony | Comment
Bill Clark
FromTheBalcony Source: FromTheBalcony

You won't die laughing in the theater, but the filmmakers aren't asking you to, as they do in the frantic, adolescent comedies that dominate the market. It's a pleasure.

July 7, 2004 Full Review Source: F5 (Wichita, KS) | Comment
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS) Source: F5 (Wichita, KS)

Another feeble 007 parody.

March 9, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Straight from Tony Blair, English's next assignment is a suicide mission: to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

February 9, 2004 Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | Comment
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly Source: Boulder Weekly

Belongs on an old-time double bill, where it would satisfy, if only because we'd be into the second movie before we noticed that the first came up a bit short on laughs.

February 7, 2004 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

There's a decent selection of extras on the Johnny English DVD, although it certainly doesn't offer a James Bond-style array.

February 7, 2004 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Johnny English is sophomoric, silly, cheesy, brainless, puerile - pick any synonym for the word "stupid" - but it is also, if you're in the right mood, pretty funny.

January 18, 2004 Comment
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com

Excruciatingly predictable

January 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | Comment
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central
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Johnny English is a horrible attempt at doing yet another parody of James Bond. The genre had been parodied with the superior Austin Powers, but it seems like they needed yet another spoof flick to make a bit more money. This film fails at delivering effective laughs. Rowan Atkinson is tiresome and boring here, and you

May 16, 2012
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Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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OMFG Rowan Atkinson is awesome in this role, he was clearly born to play this role!Its hilarious and thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable with a great cast and a great story and awesome movie!Reallyu worth a wtach!!

September 4, 2007
FiLmCrAzY
Film Crazy

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    1. Radio Announcer: We are about to have our first French king since 1066, so we want you to ring in and tell us things you love about the French, We've had no calls yet, but the lines are still open!
    – Submitted by Frazer M (6 months ago)
    1. Johnny English: As far as I'm concerned, the only thing the French should be allowed to host is an invasion.
    – Submitted by Alexandar T (8 months ago)
    1. Johnny English: Observe, Bough, the dull incompetence of the criminal mind. It can never hope to match our level of technical expertise.
    – Submitted by Kamal G (8 months ago)

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