Johnny English (2003)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Peter Howitt

Writers:

Neal Purvis (written by) &
Robert Wade (written by) ...

Release Date:

18 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

Stor biograf-success! (Huge cinema-success!)

Plot:

Rowan plays the eponymous lead character in a spoof spy thriller. During the course of the story we...

Plot Keywords:

British | Spy | Crown Jewels | Funeral | Spoof

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Rowan Atkinson	...	Johnny English
Tasha de Vasconcelos	...	Countess Alexandra - Exotic Woman
Ben Miller	...	Bough, English's Sidekick
Greg Wise	...	Agent One
Douglas McFerran	...	Carlos Vendetta
Steve Nicolson	...	Dieter Klein
Terence Harvey	...	Official at Funeral
Kevin McNally	...	Prime Minister
Tim Pigott-Smith	...	Pegasus, Head of MI7
Nina Young	...	Pegasus' Secretary
Rowland Davies	...	Sir Anthony Chevenix
Natalie Imbruglia	...	Lorna Campbell
Philippa Fordham	...	Snobby Woman
John Malkovich	...	Pascal Sauvage, the Greedy Frenchman
Tim Berrington	...	Roger

Also Known As:

Johnny English (France)
Johnny English: Rogue Male (UK) (working title)
Touch of Weevil (UK) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for comic nudity, some crude humor and language.

Runtime:

UK:88 min | USA:87 min

Country:

France | UK

Language:

English | French

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Ireland:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Canada:PG | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:10 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Brocket Hall, Lemsford, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Working Title Films

Trivia:

The song that Johnny dances to in the DVD which he accidentally plays in front of the whole world is "Does Your Mother Know" by Abba.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: At the end of the movie, newsreader Trevor McDonald says that Sauverge was charged with "high treason", a crime "still punishable with the death penalty under UK law". On 31 July 1998, high treason and piracy with violence ceased to be capital crimes. On 27 January 1999, the Home Secretary (Jack Straw) formally signed the 6th protocol of the European Convention of Human Rights in Strasbourg, on behalf of the British government formally abolishing the death penalty in the UK.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Johnny English: Ah, the Heckler and Koch G-36. Quite deadly in the right hands.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#29.13)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Theme from Johnny English

surprisingly funny

I wasn't a big fan of Rowan Atkinson and didn't have a lot of expectation out of this film, but it really cracked me up. First of all, you need to understand "Johnny English" is not a British version of "Austin Power". I found "A.P" ridiculous in general and didn't always appreciate their jokes. But Johnny English is one of those better made spy topic comedian films.

The best approach of watching this movie is to see it without a lot of expectation and I assure you that you will have a good time.