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 enlarge | Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Simon Bernstein, Tim Berrington, Rowland Davies, Oliver Ford Davies
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  136 reviews
Sales Rank: 16042
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 88 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D22820D
ISBN: 078327419X
UPC: 025192282027
EAN: 9780783274195
ASIN: B0000U5RNU
Theatrical Release Date: July 18, 2003
Release Date: January 13, 2004
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 2nd James Bond 007 March 22, 2007
Pachy S. (Chicago, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you ever fall in love with Mr. Bean, the UK comedy television series, you should fall in love with Johnny English as well. It is one of an outstanding comedy films that combines the clumsiness, laughing out loud moments, and romantic scenes of Rowan Atkinson who is a director himself. It can be described as the combination of Mr. Bean and James Bond 007.
The film has some similarities in both Mr. Bean and James Bond 007. There are many moments in Johnny English that remind the viewers of Mr. Bean. One of them is when Atkinson is in the shower with a duck toy that babies usually play with when they take a shower. This film is different from Mr. Bean due to the fact that the viewers will not be able to hear audiences laughing when Atkinson does something stupid that we usually hear from watching Mr. Bean. It is a film not one of the series that ends in half an hour. The film itself takes about one hour and twenty-eight minutes. In Mr. Bean, the viewers can easily notice that Atkinson plays in the role of a mute person, but not in Johnny English. He speaks with his British Accent in Johnny English. It is also different from James Bonds 007 on account of the film being taken only in United Kingdom instead of all over the world.
 Johnny English February 12, 2007
sleeping sheepsnake (Ontario, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I was in the mood for a spy spoof to watch with a certain James Bond film, I decided to give the Austin Powers films a miss, and sample Johnny English (other hopefuls would be Spy Hard, but my recollection of that film is that I wanted to walk out of the theatre--and then there's Spies Like Us, but, uh, no, not right now).
Johnny English stars George Lazenby--oh no wait, that's Rowan Atkinson--and an Australian with very little acting experience, George Lazenby--oh no wait that's Natalie Imruglia. It is Atkinson, as the title character, who helps make this a delightful surprise, along with some pretty funny sequences: for instance, Atkinson having trouble with his tie in a sushi bar, Atkinson involved in a car chase where the car he's in is hanging from the winch of a tow truck.
The knocks against this film, when they come, seem to be as follows: we've had too many spy spoofs, the plot involving John Malkovich as a Frenchman trying to become ruler of England is too ridiculous, and the film isn't that funny. To all this frippery I say: how many, exactly, is too many spy spoofs?, this is a comedy and the outrageous, shamefacedly contrived storyline is so brash and amorphous that it's a daring nonsensical joy, and finally, though not all the gags work perfectly, I found I was laughing most of the way through.
Uh, not to put too fine a point on it, but who is saying we have too many spy spoofs...fans of the TWENTY-ONE Bond films?
More thoughts on the gags: sure, Atkinson's intrusion on a funeral and its results goes on a bit long, and a buttocks-shot joke harks right back to Naked Gun 2(and a half), and the drawn-out results of our bumbling hero's parachute jump onto a skyscraper are only mildly amusing, but there are many more tidbits that I don't want to spoil. It's not true at all that this film is only funny the first time round; if You Only Watch Once, then you deny yourself repeated exposure to Malkovich's bad French accent, and the guy with the eyepatch, the banana-shaped scars, the bad teeth, and the frizzy orange hair.
I think that Johnny English is pretty consistent in doling out the laughs, and that makes it a success as far as I'm concerned. We probably won't see a sequel, so those who feel we have too many spy spoofs shall have their petty little victory, I suppose.
Great comedy wrapped in a slick spy package February 3, 2007
P. Truesdell (Cincinnati, OH)
I've always enjoyed the world of suave spies and all of their gadgets. Giving Rowan Atkinson access to this world sets the stage for many laughs. I was struck by how creatively he can get himself into a variety of messes. The best mess of the movie is when is Aston Martin is towed and he highjacks the truck. His physical "Mr. Bean" humor tied to his "spy-ish" good looks makes his character one of the best that I've seen in a long time. Three cheers for a great, clean comedy.
A trifle, but with plenty of laughs for Rowan Atkinson fans January 6, 2007
Scott Schiefelbein (Portland, Oregon United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Johnny English" is a completely unnecessary film, and seems to know it. Virtually no effort has been made to make this movie anything other than an excuse to watch Rowan Atkinson make a complete fool of himself for 80 minutes. The question you must ask yourself before watching this movie is, is that enough?
For me, the answer is yes. I can't explain why - I just find Atkinson to be hysterical. His scene as the priest in "4 Weddings and a Funeral" is the funniest in that hilarious movie, and his brief moments in "Love Actually" steal a movie that doesn't want to be stolen. Others will disagree with those sentiments, and those folks should probably steer clear of "Johnny English."
Do we need another James Bond spoof? Probably not. Do we need a movie in which a beautiful woman makes a comment to Atkinson, and his response includes the terms, "plastic toys" and "soft cheese"? I sure did - I had to pause the movie I was laughing so hard. So for me, the experience of watching Atkinson play a bumbling James Bond figure was wonderful, even though I know the movie isn't a "good" film.
Maybe that's part of its charm. John Malkovich, one of the great actors working today, also seems to know he's in a bad movie. So he plays the French villain badly, like he's in on the joke. That's the kind of self-awareness that makes "Johnny English" at worst a harmless trifle, and at best a funny silly comedy.
It's very interesting movie! December 13, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a japanese university student and I watched the action and comedy episode of "JOHNNY ENGLISH."
This movie is contenst to get back the crown of Queen stolen to an enemies. Jhonny English is a spy, but he repeats failure because he is stupid.
I thought the show was very fun because a performance of Rawan Atkinson is interesting so I can laugh when I look.
I Woulk recommend this show is worth seeing because this movie because you chan watch an action movie and a comedy movie at the same time.
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