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Information
- Year
- 2003
- Runtime
- 89 min.
- Director
- Peter Howitt
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rating *
- 6.2
- Votes *
- 124,482
- Checks
- 13,433
- Favs
- 273
- Dislikes
- 253
- Favs/checks
- 2.0% (1:49)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
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Siskoid
What if Blackadder were a secret agent is kind of the question Johnny English answers. A Bond spoof that well illustrates Stephen Fry's theory of American vs. British comedy. Johnny doesn't laugh at the fools around him, he IS the fool. Rowan Atkinson has made a career of playing that archetype, after all. So Johnny dreams of being a superspy, gets his wish when all the real ones are killed, but spends most of his time trying to cover his mistakes. I generally like Atkinson playing suave only to have the situation dribble on his shirt, as it were, but the humiliations were a little too well telegraphed here to really hit, and the physical humor often fell flat. Natalie Imbruglia's performance as a Bond girl is fine, if generic, and John Malkovich as the villain has some fun, providing an appropriately ludicrous evil plot. And I do like Robbie Williams' comedy take on a Bond song - it's better than some of the one's we gotten. Ultimately, it's fine, just a little obvious. 2 years 7 months ago -