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Johnny English (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 116 Fresh: 38  Rotten:78 Average Rating: 4.7/10
 
Consensus: A tame spy spoof that elicits infrequent chuckles.
 

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Runtime: 88 mins

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) is assigned to the case. Unfortunately, English isn't the British Secret Service's first choice... 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]

Genre: Comedies

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

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

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 1, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Letterboxed Widescreen - 1.85
  • Dual Layers

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - Spanish
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette: 1. "The Making of Johnny English"
  • Deleted Scenes

Interactive Features:

  • "Observation Test"
  • DVD ROM Features

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • "Spy Tips"
  • Character Profiles

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It's a zero, wandering around itself, benignly hoping that it will make us laugh even though it has not offered funny material or delivery.

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Matthew Turner
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A likeable parody that, while never quite as side-splitting as it thinks it is, still contains a good number of well-worked comic set-pieces.

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04/07/03
Neil Smith
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While it lives up to the very definition of 'hit and miss', the parts that hit are very funny.

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Bill Clark
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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.

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Jake Euker
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Another feeble 007 parody.

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03/09/04
Dennis Schwartz
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Straight from Tony Blair, English’s next assignment is a suicide mission: to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

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02/09/04
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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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.

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Brian Webster
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Excruciatingly predictable

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01/03/04
Bill Chambers
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In spite of some wince-inducing bathroom humor, and jokes you can see coming from a mile away, this turns out be a very funny romp indeed.

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01/02/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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