JOHNNY ENGLISH (Theatrical Release UK 2003)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.8|5.0 Stars ììì

Johnny English—an abundant helping to the talents of comedian Rowan Atkinson who played the secondary character role of Small-Fawcett in the 1983 James Bond film, Never Say Never Again—creates a ‘James Bond-type’ character that is quite amusing and entertaining. In Johnny English, Atkinson, of course, becomes the top agent on the case and the film becomes a light parody that, with its PG rating, makes fairly clean family entertainment. A few ‘ass’ words and some bathroom humor move it into the parental guidance suggested rating. It’s classic ‘Bean’, all the way, and will not disappoint Bean fans.

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Additional Thanks

Really Good Work for Director Peter Howitt. Thank you to Producers Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Mark Huffam for making the film possible. Additional character/cast include: Agent One (Greg Wise), Bough, English’s Sidekick (Ben Miller), Countess Alexandra/Exotic Woman (Tasha de Vasconcelos), Carlos Vendetta (Douglas McFerran) Dieter Klein (Steve Nicolson), Official at Funeral (Terence Harvey), Prime Minister (Kevin McNally), and Lorna Campbell (Natalie Imbruglia).

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. Rowan Atkinson is a spy, or is he? This film works for the 10 + audience.

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