Genre: Comedy, Spoof, Spy, Prison, Martial Arts, Mistaken Identity, Slapstick, Thieves
Tagline: Stor biograf-success! (Huge cinema-success!)
Plot: When her majesty's crown jewels are stolen by a conniving Frenchman (John Malkovich), who also plans to steal the queen's throne, Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson), a bit unseasoned but intensely enthusiastic, is thrown onto the case. Fast cars, high tech gadgets, top secret info - Johnny can hardly believe it. He may be in over his head, but his courage and dedication are unmatched - especially after he meets double agent Lorna Campbell (Natalie Imbruglia) and discovers that falling in love makes saving the nation even more exciting.In an uncertain world, few things are as dependable as the British Secret Service. World renowned for the calibre of their agents, the cutting-edge technology utilized in their weaponry and the international intelligence-gathering web cast by their cadre of covert communications operatives, they are one of the last bastions of honor manned with committed defenders of "the truth." So when an unthinkable plan to filch the country’s beloved Crown Jewels comes to the Service’s attention, the best man for the job, the crème de la crème of the organization’s supersleuths, Agent Number One, is quickly assigned to the case. …And is almost as quickly dispatched to six feet under. Unfortunately for the B.S.S., virtually every other able member of
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 Johnny English is a tamer Austin Powers crossed with "Get Smart," with very little in the way of effective humor.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
Loose-limbed ostrich Rowan Atkinson has his moments in this undercooked British spy farce, but it's mad king John Malkovich who steals the show.--Stephanie Zacharek (Salon)
If "Austin Powers" is the funniest of the Bondian parodies, "Johnny English" is the least necessary, a mild-mannered ramble down familiar paths. --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
This is how the Mr. Beane movie should have been.  --Carl Lazarevic (MovieWeb)
The tagline for Johnny English is "He knows no fear. He knows know danger. He knows nothing." That pretty much sums the experience of seeing it.  --Brian Gallagher (MovieWeb)
...this is 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.  --Neil Smith (BBC Films)
...there weren't enough good laughs for me to recommend it to anyone other than the most devoted Beanheads.  --Jack Mathews (New York Daily News)
Much better than anyone had any right to expect, with Atkinson on top comic form and gags that come thick and fast – not bad for a film based on a character from a credit card commercial… --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
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 | Neal Purvis
Casino Royale, Die Another Day, The World Is Not Enough | Robert Wade
Casino Royale, The World Is Not Enough, Quantum of Solace | |
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 | Natalie Imbruglia
The 1998 Billboard Music Awards, Legend of the Lost Tribe, MTV Video Music Awards 1998 |
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Birthday Girl, The Prince & Me, Plunkett & Macleane | Greg Wise
Sense and Sensibility, The Discovery of Heaven, Judas Kiss | | |
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Ed Shearmur
Epic Movie, Charlie's Angels, Cruel Intentions |
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"Johnny English" is a surprisingly gentle, old-fashioned comedy from the man behind such thorny, spiteful clowns as those who featured in the popular 1997 hit movie, "Bean," and the cult TV series "Blackadder."  --Megan Lehmann (New York Post)
Unoriginal, non-sensical and not particularly funny. 4/10--Gary Panton (Movie Gazette)
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