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Johnny English (2003)

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Reviews Counted:115

Fresh:38

Rotten:77

Average Rating:4.8/10

Consensus: A tame spy spoof that elicits infrequent chuckles.

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for comic nudity, some crude humor and language

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jul 18, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $27,972,410

Synopsis: When the British government fears that a plan is afoot to steal the royal family's beloved crown jewels from their secure home in the Tower of London, secret agent Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson)... When the British government fears that a plan is afoot to steal the royal family's beloved crown jewels from their secure home in the Tower of London, secret agent Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is assigned to the case. Unfortunately, English isn't the British Secret Service's first choice for the job; he's just the only secret agent that is still alive. Even though English dreams of being a suave, debonair agent and has only the best intentions, the hapless Brit continually makes matters worse as he tries to save his country from falling into the clutches of French prison mogul Pascal Sauvage, played by John Malkovich. Among other things, English misuses secret agent gadgets, inadvertently leaks his plans to the bad guys, takes the most inopportune route into Sauvage's castle, and generally makes silly mistakes--and somehow gets away with it. Physical comedian Atkinson, best known as Mr. Bean, shines in this film, which was directed by Peter Howitt (SLIDING DOORS). JOHNNY ENGLISH also features British comedian Ben Miller as Bough, English's mild-mannered, but surprisingly effective sidekick from the agency. Australian singer and actress Natalie Imbruglia makes her feature film debut as Special Agent Lorna Campbell. [More]

Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, John Malkovich

Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, John Malkovich

Director: Peter Howitt

Director: Peter Howitt
Screenwriter: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, William Davies
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Mark Huffam
Composer: Edward Shearmur
Studio: Universal Pictures

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A hugely redundant spy spoof.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
07/18/03
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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Johnny is never as inspired as the best moments of the Powers movies, but it's cleaner and more consistent than they are.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
07/18/03
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Johnny English may well be too specifically British, and too slight, to connect strongly with audiences, but it's a pleasant enough diversion.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
07/18/03
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

The spy-spoof genre is old hat ... but Atkinson is such an inventive, endearing clown that one doesn't mind.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
07/18/03
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Has [Malkovich's] career really come to this?

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
07/18/03
Jerry McCormick
Jerry McCormick
San Diego Union-Tribune

A good bet for Bean fans, though for others, it's modest pleasures will play better on video.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Daily News | comment Comment
07/18/03
Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

A slight tee-hee of a comedy that, like a bargain wine, induces a wince on first sip but finishes well.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
07/18/03
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

The film manages the rare trick of improving as it unrolls from the utterly putrid to the barely tolerable.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
07/18/03
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

It's all safe, predictable stuff -- so predictable that the only people who won't have things figured out 10 minutes into the film are those who left after five.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
07/18/03
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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Johnny English, despite its contemporary-sounding anti-French cracks, could easily have been made 20 years ago. Might have seemed better, and more fresh, if it had.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
07/18/03
Connie Ogle
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald

A spy spoof that makes you pine for the days of Leslie Nielsen and Spy Hard.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
07/18/03
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

There are perhaps 12 minutes of genuine gut-clutching hilarity spread throughout Johnny English's hour and 25 minutes.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
07/18/03
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

Fans of Atkinson should be warned that there's far more comic inventiveness in a half hour of Mr. Bean than in this whole tepid mess.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
07/18/03
Jim Slotek
Jim Slotek
Jam! Movies

While you don't have to be a super sleuth to see the over-obvious gags coming, Atkinson's elastic mugging usually pulls 'em through.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
07/18/03
E! Online

The best feature based on a TV commercial I've seen all year.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
07/18/03
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

There's a lot of entertainment, especially for families, in Johnny English.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
07/18/03
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press

Just plain dumb -- and not in a 'good-dumb' way.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
07/18/03
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

If Johnny English doesn't rollick with laughs it at least generally frolics with good-natured fun.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
07/18/03
Mark Wolf
Mark Wolf
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Atkinson carries out his spy-spoof mission with candor and grace, or as much grace as a man can maintain while satirizing the Trainspotting climb up through a soiled potty.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
07/18/03
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post

Johnny English plays like a tired exercise, a spy spoof with no burning desire to be that, or anything else.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
07/18/03
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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