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Jacky1989

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I think this is a very funny movie and certainly one I love to rewatch from time to time. Although I'm not a huge fan of Mr.Bean I really liked the humour in this movie and there are just so many hilarious scenes.
The story is very clever...
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I think this is a very funny movie and certainly one I love to rewatch from time to time. Although I'm not a huge fan of Mr.Bean I really liked the humour in this movie and there are just so many hilarious scenes.
The story is very clever and plays with a lot of clichées. Of course there are a lot of goofy jokes, but it isn't just that but also a good plot.
So, to sum it up: Great movie and a very funny Atkinson.

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Posted dec 1, 2007 9:47 am pt

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I think this is a very funny movie and certainly one I love to rewatch from time to time. Although I'm not a huge fan of Mr.Bean I really liked the humour in this movie and there are just so many hilarious scenes.
The story is very clever...
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I think this is a very funny movie and certainly one I love to rewatch from time to time. Although I'm not a huge fan of Mr.Bean I really liked the humour in this movie and there are just so many hilarious scenes.
The story is very clever and plays with a lot of clichées. Of course there are a lot of goofy jokes, but it isn't just that but also a good plot.
So, to sum it up: Great movie and a very funny Atkinson.

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Posted dec 1, 2007 9:46 am pt

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Really funny film. It was different to make fun out of spies and the comedy was obvious and easy to laugh out loud at. I thought the script and characters were pretty good because they had to fit in all the humorous parts. I don't know why, but I...
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Really funny film. It was different to make fun out of spies and the comedy was obvious and easy to laugh out loud at. I thought the script and characters were pretty good because they had to fit in all the humorous parts. I don't know why, but I won't give it 5/5. It just wasn't quite perfect.

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Posted oct 25, 2007 7:00 pm pt

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Verry funny movie. I liked how they made fun out of the spy genre. But still, the story is pretty ok, but the characters and script is awful. The good humor saves this movie from disaster.

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Posted oct 14, 2007 12:07 am pt

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Rowan Atkinson does not disappoint his fans in this movie that is a great parody of the James Bond films. What makes it even funnier is the fact that Rowan has actually been in the Bond film "Never Say Never Again", so he has probably...
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Rowan Atkinson does not disappoint his fans in this movie that is a great parody of the James Bond films. What makes it even funnier is the fact that Rowan has actually been in the Bond film "Never Say Never Again", so he has probably been wanting to be Bond for years. What man hasn't? The jokes are as funny the first time as the seventh time. There are times in the movie that I can't breath because I am laughing so much. If you are a Bond fan, this is not something you should miss.

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Posted jun 7, 2007 4:55 pm pt

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Very funny. Rowan Atkinson did another great job in this movie. The humor style is very similar to the Mr. Bean series. Not perfect, but still good.

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Posted may 12, 2007 7:44 am pt

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i heard Rowan Atkinson talk for the first time!
lol nice movie

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Posted apr 18, 2007 10:52 am pt

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Rowan Atkinson returns for another very funny character. Johnny English is so funny and I really think that his physical expressions makes Rowan Atkinson even a funnier guy to be around, the plot though strange and very original, was very funny,...
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Rowan Atkinson returns for another very funny character. Johnny English is so funny and I really think that his physical expressions makes Rowan Atkinson even a funnier guy to be around, the plot though strange and very original, was very funny, and the ending was one of the best I have seen in a comedy movie like this one. Great movie.

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Posted mar 2, 2007 7:10 am pt

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Rowan Atkinson is a secret agent now. He was very funny in Mr. bean. And he was funy in this movie too.

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Posted jan 30, 2007 9:14 pm pt

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A great british comedy film featuring Rowan Atkinson- what possibly could be better?

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Posted jan 30, 2007 12:29 am pt

• [+] Wall Street Journal
  
  80
  The movie is, at times, funny enough to make you cry, and, when it's not, it moves nicely as a parody.

  by Collin Levey | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  80
  A comic actor of genius who raises silliness to an art form, the wonderfully expressive Atkinson makes excellent use of those devastating looks in the spy spoof Johnny English, where he turns up as a James Bond type more likely to kill adversaries by accident than on purpose.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  80
  Unlike most movies of this kind, which run out of steam and ideas as they go along, Johnny English gains momentum, nudging you along from a few stray giggles to helpless, giddy laughter.

  by Dana Stevens | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  75
  The hilarious Malkovich, coiffed in an artful pageboy and savoring a fruity French accent, would overpower the competition on sheer thespian madness.

  by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  70
  Delivered with the kind of English aplomb that PBS audiences around the country have come to know and love. It must be the accent.

  by Michael O'Sullivan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  70
  An extremely silly but effective enough romp for family audiences.

  by Derek Elley | Read Full Review »
• [+] Dallas Observer
  
  70
  The movie is more a loose collection of skits than a coherent whole. But then, it's never coherence we're looking for when Atkinson's exhausting imagination is cut loose from its fetters. The weird bonus here is John Malkovich's over-the-top performance.

  by Bill Gallo | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
  70
  A funny summer frolic.

  by Hazel-Dawn Dumpert | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  67
  Most Bond parodies tend to flatten because they fail to evoke the production design overkill and slick cinematic style of its target. Johnny English is no different. Director Peter Howitt delivers action like a journeyman, but Atkinson saves him time and again.

  by Sean Axmaker | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  63
  It's a chaste "Austin Powers," a less ridiculous "Casino Royale," a more subtle "Spy Hard" — in other words, yet another James Bond parody.

  by Megan Lehmann | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  63
  Once in a long while, it even comes tantalizingly close to that rarest of modern film commodities -- ribald wit.

  by Rick Groen | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  63
  The jokes often are corny or labored, and the story is predictable. However, Atkinson raises the movie to the level of good fun by the force of his outrageous persona and skill at physical comedy.

  by Claudia Puig | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  60
  Rowan Atkinson's spy spoof is wildly uneven and yet, at times, nothing less than wildly entertaining.

  by Rick Kisonak | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  60
  Johnny English's international popularity may or may not translate here, but in a sequel-glutted summer, even a mildly amusing time-waster can't help but stand out.

  by Nathan Rabin | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  60
  Malkovich is usually such a numbingly self-serious actor. But he cuts loose here in a way that's outlandishly brilliant: It's his best performance in years.

  by Stephanie Zacharek | Read Full Review »