Johnny English (2003)
Directed by Peter Howitt
A lowly pencil pusher working for MI7, Johnny English is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown up at his funeral. When a billionaire entrepreneur sponsors the exhibition of the Crown Jewels—and the valuable gems disappear on the opening night and on English's watch—the newly-designated agent must jump into action to find the thief and recover the missing gems.
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It’s a pretty standard comedic premise, in a similar vein to other recent spy spoofs such as Johnny English and Get Smart — the one major difference being that Cooper is actually fairly good at her new job.
That makes spy a “Johnny English” that works, a Bond movie where the empowered women have it all over the Bonds — and the Bond babes.
The laddish antics of Austin Powers, Johnny English and the original Casino Royale seem downright juvenile by comparison.
His bit parts in Four Weddings and a Funeral, Maybe Baby and Rat Race were the best parts of those movies.
He was fine in his cameo as a stuttering vicar in the 1994 film "Four Weddings and a Funeral."
Rowan Atkinson is hard to take here, maybe you know him as Mr. Bean or in “Four Weddings and a Funeral”, suffice to say there’s nothing about him that’s even remotely appealing, but what’s shocking, is the fact that John Malkovich is in here.
The film includes stellar supporting performances from Simon Callow ( A Room With a View , Shakespeare in Love , Kristin Scott Thomas ( The English Patient ) and Rowan Atkinson ( Bean , Johnny English ).
When Pattinson appears on screen, doing an awful French accent that he may have learnt from watching John Malkovich's turn as Pascal Sauvage in Johnny English , things take a turn for the worse.
But there are some decent examples out there - Johnny English is a goofy spy spoof also made in the UK but for greatness, you'll struggle to beat the inspired Airplane!