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1991 Certificate TBC
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A genie (Lenny Henry) is punished by an evil wizard by being confined to a lamp somewhere in Arabia. 2000 years later in England Bernard Bottle (Alan Cumming) an Art dealer, who has just been sacked by his nasty and greedy boss (Rowan Atkinson) and then discovered his girlfriend has gone off with his so called best mate taking .. Read more

Starring Lenny Henry, John Gabriel, Alan Cumming, Rowan Atkinson
Director Paul Weiland
Genres Comedy

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Bernard and the Genie

A genie (Lenny Henry) is punished by an evil wizard by being confined to a lamp somewhere in Arabia. 2000 years later in England Bernard Bottle (Alan Cumming) an Art dealer, who has just been sacked by his nasty and greedy boss (Rowan Atkinson) and then discovered his girlfriend has gone off with his so called best mate taking almost everything from his flat with her, decides to give the lamp a rub.

Starring Lenny Henry, John Gabriel, Alan Cumming, Rowan Atkinson
Director Paul Weiland
Run time DVD: 1 hr 20 mins
Certificate Certificate TBC
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: not available
Production year: 1991
Format DVD

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  • 5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    a bit dated but could do with another airing on telly!

    I saw this film when it came out on TV one christmas in the early 90's, it didnt have a cinema release, was just a one off fun movie for christmas. I still have the VHS tape of it and have watched it so many times. Lenny Henry is hilarious and Rowan Atkinson is on top form...shame few people have heard of this film let alone seen it as in my humble opinion, I think it is well worth a watch

      • A customer from Bromley
      • Posted 19 May 2006 23:50

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  • Rated - 5 stars

    The Most Christmassy Of Christmas Films

    Maybe part of the reason I love this film so much is because I grew up watching a scratchy VHS of it that we'd taped off the telly every year at Christmas. But maybe the fact that I still love it and still watch it every Christmas is testament to how good it is. Rowan Atkinson's performance as the villain is hilarious, Alan Cummings is irresistably sweet as Bernard, and all the characters have so many quoteable lines. It has a warm fuzzy feelgood factor to it, too, as you'd expect from a Christmas film. This really is a hidden gem.

      • Poffadill from Dundee
      • Posted 27 Mar 2009 21:11

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      A genie (Lenny Henry) is punished by an evil wizard by being confined to a lamp somewhere in Arabia. 2000 years later in England Bernard Bottle (Alan Cumming) an Art dealer, who has just been sacked by his nasty and greedy boss (Rowan Atkinson) and then discovered his girlfriend has gone off with ...