Whoever goes to such a movie must know what he or she pays the ticket for - and this is how such a film should be judged. Rowan Atkinson got famous - in Europe at least - for Mr. Bean's character. Here he plays a secret agent saving the British dynasty, but he is still the same Mr. Bean - sometimes the prototype of a complete idiot, evil and candid at the same time, Laurel and Hardy in the same tuxedo. If something can go wrong around him, it will, and if it does not he will make it happen.
Comparing the film with the other latest Bond parody, the Austin Powers series is required, and you know what? I liked this one better. Without the great money of 'Powers', 'Johnny English' succeeded better in extracting healthy laughs and making me feel that I did not completely mis-spent the 88 minutes and the ...no, I will not tell you what a ticket in the theater costs over here! John Malkovitch seems to enjoy every moment on the screen, and Natalia Imbruglia makes us wait for the next in the series. Which I am sure will come, and I hope it will not be falling much below the original, as the Powers second and third did.
7/10 on my personal scale.
Comparing the film with the other latest Bond parody, the Austin Powers series is required, and you know what? I liked this one better. Without the great money of 'Powers', 'Johnny English' succeeded better in extracting healthy laughs and making me feel that I did not completely mis-spent the 88 minutes and the ...no, I will not tell you what a ticket in the theater costs over here! John Malkovitch seems to enjoy every moment on the screen, and Natalia Imbruglia makes us wait for the next in the series. Which I am sure will come, and I hope it will not be falling much below the original, as the Powers second and third did.
7/10 on my personal scale.