United States, France, United Kingdom · 2011
Rated PG · 1h 41m
Director Oliver Parker
Starring Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Dominic West, Rosamund Pike
Genre Crime, Adventure, Action, Comedy, Thriller
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The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.
As ticklish as one might find the idea of an equivalent Mr. Bean character occupying the driver's seat of a James Bond parody, it's likely that even a competent manifestation of such a scenario would pale in comparison to what Mike Myers and Jay Roach pulled off with apparent ease in their Austin Powers films.
Entertainment Weekly by Clark Collis
Fans of sophisticated humor may feel empathy with, if not sympathy for, the lead character on those many occasions he is kicked in the nuts.
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
Atkinson's fans are likely to rejoice as the comedian twists his face and body to and fro, but the rest of us will not be recruited.
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
The laughs, including the big laughs, keep coming right up to the closing seconds.
Johnny English Reborn's sharpest gags riff on its protagonist's unshakeable Britishness.
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
All that matters with efforts like this is whether the cookie-cutter plotting serves up enough situations for Atkinson to contort himself into and out of jams. After all, are the narratives what you remember from the "Pink Panther" movies? Or the silly things, like that Clouseau could so easily get his finger caught in a spinning globe?
Movieline by Stephanie Zacharek
Johnny English Reborn never quite ignites, even though it starts out promisingly enough.
After a fast, funny start, the new sequel, Johnny English Reborn, proves to be more of the same.
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