Johnny English Reborn

Movie: Johnny English Reborn

Genre: spy comedy

Synopsis: Johnny English (Rowen Atkinson) is a master spy (MI-7) who has been in a sort of exile in Tibet for the last five years – since a mission went bad and he was blamed.  He is brought back from exile by the new head of MI-7 (Gillian Anderson) to help defeat a plot to kill the Chinese premier.    

My two cents: I needed a light movie after my triple-feature the day before (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”, “Oranges and Sunshine” and “The Mill and the Cross”).  This movie fit the bill.  It is like a cross between Austin Powers and Inspector Clouseau.  There were laughs to spare, without getting to carried away with the slapstick.  It was nice to see Gillian Anderson, also.  It was not until I checked this out in IMDB that I discovered it is a sequel to the 2005 “Johnny English”.  I am going to have to check it out.

Bottom line: if you want a light, funny spy movie – you should like this.

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