Johnny English: Rebornhttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/johnny_english_reborn/If you like Mr. Bean's quirky comedy you'll probably find a thing or two to like in this goofy Rowan Atkinson comedy.
It's marked by the same type of facial gyrations and physical pratfalls that are staples of the Mr. Bean skits and movies, only here Atkinson speaks (which isn't really an improvement).
His schtick is reminiscent of the same kind of rubber-faced buffoonery that Jim Carrey peddles, but where I find Carrey crass and dismally un-funny since he left In Living Color, I tend to like the somewhat more understated machinations of Atkinson.
I don't find it howlingly funny, but it is amusing to a certain degree. I'd definitely take this over almost anything Sandler, Schnieder, Spade, K. James, Stiller (exception: Tropic Thunder), either Wilson, Vaughn or that idiotic troop puts out.
At least Atkinson attempts to find subtle humor in outlandish situations and doesn't resort to piss, shit, puke or fart references in puerile attempts to be funny as the aforementioned assclowns do.
This spoof of the 007 genre isn't a great movie. Bean/English is so maddeningly stupid that you want to reach into the screen and beat his ass sometimes. He does stumble into the occasional amusing situation and he does so without sinking to fifth grade fart humor or interjecting unnecessary raunch as a substitute for fun.
If you like Mr. Bean you'll find this tolerable. If you don't? Stay away.
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