Johnny English goes up against international assassins hunting down the Chinese premier.
Deadly dull Bond spoof.
It’s sometimes so daft you can’t help but smile, particularly if you’re seven years old and like to see people fall over a lot.
One day we'll see a film that really harnesses Atkinson's mighty talent. This isn't it.
It lasts about 90 minutes, during which time I heard not a single laugh in the whole room.
Two pieces of old-fashioned comic business, one involving an office chair and the other an earpiece, are the best things in the film — and proof that cheap is funnier than expensive, simple is funnier than complicated, and Rowan Atkinson is a lot funnier than Johnny English.
A ‘slightly’ more grown up take on the bumbling spy premise that will keep the little audiences entertained and the older guardians subdued.
The laughs just don't come.
It’s hardly ground-breaking stuff, but the script is chock full of laughs.
A harmless, somewhat laboured affair.
Unless the first English left your funny bone aching for more, there are few quantums of solace to be had in these sub-Austin Powers low-jinks.
Comedies live or die on their jokes, and this doesn’t have any good ones.
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General release. Check local listings for show times.
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