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List Price: $5.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 27108
Released: January 13, 2004 |
| Our Price: $1.83 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
He knows no fear. He knows no danger. He knows... nothing! When the priceless Crown Jewels are stolen, bumbling Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) is the only Secret Agent in the country (literally!) who can solve the crime. His prime suspects: a sinister businessman (John Malkovich) and a beautiful woman (Natalie Imbruglia) with a mysterious interest in Johnny's top-secret mission. Can the clueless super spy save the day without denting the nation's pride... or his super-cool Aston Martin spy car? Your whole family will howl with laughter as the clumsiest secret agent ever unleashes an onslaught of outlandish stunts, hair-brained heroics and outrageous goof-ups in this hilarious spy spoof!
Description of Johnny English (Full Screen Edition):
Mr. Bean meets Mr. Bond in Johnny English, a spy spoof that skewers the genre with Rowan Atkinson's trademark brand of veddy-British slapstick. It's a bit half-baked as a wannabe franchise, but Atkinson's creation of a new screen persona is just promising enough to warrant a sequel, despite critics' complaints that Austin Powers had already exhausted the spy-spoof's potential. Poppycock! Atkinson's gift for physical and, in this case, even verbal humor will surely please his devoted fans, even when a rather tepidly comedic screenplay prevents the British funnyman from reaching new heights of absurdity. As bumbling superspy Johnny English, who gains top-level MI-7 clearance after inadvertently causing a colleague's demise, Atkinson breathes life into gags that are too familiar to earn such an amusing revival. With John Malkovich as a smarmy Frenchman determined to overthrow the British monarchy, and Natalie Imbruglia as Johnny's comely comrade-in-arms, this slight but enjoyable comedy gives Atkinson plenty of opportunity to mug it up as only he can. --Jeff Shannon
Johnny English (Full Screen Edition) Reviews:
Mild Comedy 
2009-11-13 - Having just discovered that Mr. Atkinson is a major star worth a great deal of money, I imagine many who might read this are fans of previous work. For them, I should think, this will be a diverting exercise with a variety of verbal and visual laughs. For those with no such connection to him, I should say that this is a minor comedy built on a bumbling secret agent. It has some laughs, is generally lightly amusing, and is of a length which doesn't permit boring stretches. Supporting players add a measure to the pleasure. All in all, nothing to go out of the way for, but not tedious. Not a bad way to spend less than an hour and a half.
Very Funny!!! 
2009-06-26 - I grew up watching Rowan Atkinson play Mr. Bean, and I thought he did a very good job as being a spy who usually has no idea what he's doing! Johnny English must figure out who stole the Crown Jewels, and deal with a villian named Pascal Sauvage who tries to become king. English receives help from another spy named Bough and a beautiful woman named Lorna Campbell. Can the incompetent British spy stop this bad guy? I highly recommend JOHNNY ENGLISH!!!
Had a very good time watching this
2009-06-19 - The plot was pretty thin, but who cares? This is a comedy, not a James Bond-type action film. Rowan Atkinson is Johnny English, and he gives his character his usual comic brilliance that's found in "Not the Nine O'Clock News." John Malkovich is pretty funny as the antagonist, but not as funny as I expected him to be. Still, he isn't all that bad. The rest of the supporting cast do a great job with their roles. As for the jokes, only a few fall flat.
"Mr. Bond, Mr. Bean."
2009-04-26 - Rowan Atkinson is one of our great comic treasures. With his hangdog looks his sense of visual and verbal slapstick is impeccable. Even in cameos in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and "Love, Actually" he steals the spotlight. "Johnny English" is an OK film with it's fair share of laughs. The ersatz Bond by way of Clouseau plot doesn't add anything new to the spy comedy genre. This is far from a bad film just a tad disappointing. I give "Johnny English" a marginal recommendation but Atkinson is best represented onscreen in the hilarious "Mr. Bean's Holiday".
An adequate spoof of James Bond and the whole British secret agent scene
2009-03-20 - Rowan Atkinson does a fine job spoofing James Bond in this light (did I say light?)...make that "silly, silly, silly" flick.
A mishap lands Johnny English (Atkinson) in the job of his dreams as England's #1 secret agent. His overwhelming incompetence and nonstop silliness is at the same time endearing and, to some viewers, revolting. English nevertheless presses on in bungling attempts to solve mystery after mystery in an effort to save Queen and country.
English's supporting crew includess his somewhat competent assistant, and the obligatory ravishing beauty/love interest(?).
Viewers should be advised that there are a few scenes where the south side of a north bound male is shown...just FYI (perhaps making this only a questionable option for the younger crowd).
All in all I have to say that this is a fun show, but one that just about everyone except dedicated Rowan Atkinson fans will be happier renting and watching once instead of buying -- that's my main criterion for a 3-star rating. So, 3 stars!
