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2003 Certificate PG
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Johnny English, office worker at MI7 gets himself promoted after all the agents are blown up at a funeral. Johnny is assigned the task of protecting the Crown Jewels on the opening night of an exhibition. The gems are stolen from under his nose and now he must use all his resources to locate them and get them back... Read more

Starring Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, John Malkovich, Ben Miller
Director Peter Howitt
Genres Comedy

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Johnny English

Johnny English, office worker at MI7 gets himself promoted after all the agents are blown up at a funeral. Johnny is assigned the task of protecting the Crown Jewels on the opening night of an exhibition. The gems are stolen from under his nose and now he must use all his resources to locate them and get them back...

Starring Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, John Malkovich, Ben Miller, Tim Pigott-Smith, Douglas McFerran, Kevin McNally
Director Peter Howitt
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK VIDEO RENTAL
Run time DVD: 1 hr 24 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 11 Aug 2003
Production year: 2003
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (2) of Johnny English

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Fans of Rowan Atkinson's rubbery-faced brand of physical comedy will know what to expect from this unassuming slice of slapstick. Based on a character portrayed by the Mr Bean star in a series of Barclaycard adverts, it utilises a very British strain of schoolboy humour to send up another home-grown institution — the James Bond-style super-spy. Atkinson plays the titular hero, an enthusiastic but bumbling intelligence agent appointed to track down those behind the theft of the crown jewels. In a performance comprised largely of facial tics, childish pratfalls and poo jokes, Atkinson manages to bring the simplistic screenplay to life —and even gets the girl (Natalie Imbruglia) in the process. Sliding Doors director Peter Howitt aims the movie directly at family audiences, forgoing subtlety for youngster-friendly sight gags, while the actors — particularly John Malkovich as a French megalomaniac — seem to relish the opportunity to lark around.

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  • 75 out of 78 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    brilliant......

    This dvd of the film with rowan atkinson as johnny english is very funny. The film is full of hilarious jokes and action from start to finish. the classic moments in the film are when Johnny has a fight with himself, accidentally shoots a secretary with his 'pen', gets his tie caught up in the conveyor belt when eating Sushi and having the wrong video shown as Pascal Sauvage prepares to rule the country. My daughter's favourite part was when johnny sings to abba in the bathroom scene.

    well worth renting out.

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    When is a spoof not a spoof – when it’s not funny!

    I like Rowan Atkinson, I used to think that “Not the Nine O’clock news” was funny, and later when the "Blackadder" series were on, I thought he was funnier still. I should have treated this film with caution though as I can’t stand “Mr Bean”. If you do like “Mr Bean” then you will enjoy this film, but I was expecting better the script is poor and jokes very tired. I think I had one laugh when... No I won’t tell you as if you do rent this it will ruin it for you. It should have been funnier and don’t think that Ben Miller being in it saves the film – again I think the guy is very funny and he is good here as well but not enough to make this even remotely enjoyable. Strange how this didn’t work really it’s not just because the slapstick/jokes are obvious - they are in “Aeroplane” and “Top Shots” etc but “Johnny Bean (I mean English)” would be hard pressed to keep even a 7 year old happy!

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