Approved for 12+

Johnny English Reborn

Rowan Atkinson returns to the role of the accidental secret agent who doesn't know fear or danger in the comedy spy-thriller Johnny English Reborn. In his latest adventure, the most unlikely intelligence officer in Her Majesty's Secret Service must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos. In the years since MI-7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference, one man must use every trick in his playbook to protect us all. For Johnny English, disaster may be an option, but failure never is.
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Dove Review

Get ready for some laughs when you see this movie. And it is nice to see a movie, a new major release, which doesn’t contain a lot of strong language. It has a few innuendos, but it is not gratuitous, and the physical humor of Rowan Atkinson is worth seeing. I get the impression the filmmakers made the movie with the hope that kids over twelve could watch it with Mom and Dad and it is good to see the PG rather than PG-13 rating.

Families are still encouraged to carefully read the content listing below as it may not be for everyone. It features a bit of martial arts as well as jokes and bits of physical humor and also contains the kind of humor in which Rowan’s character, Johnny English, who doesn’t like cats, taps a cat on the side when it is up on the window sill, and it falls a couple stories below. Amazingly, the cat survives. In other scenes, a woman villain impersonates various characters and Johnny goes after her but in a few instances she escapes and he winds up smacking the woman she impersonated (in one case a friend’s elderly mother and in another the Queen of England). He uses a metal tray and whacks them good and then winds up with egg on his face. In another scene he hops around in a body bag, trying desperately to get out.

The film contains a couple of slang uses for testicles and in one scene a woman Johnny likes wants him to hide in her apartment bedroom because he is in danger and he misunderstands her motive about hiding in the “bedroom”. But that is about as strong as the content gets. The film is fairly wholesome and certainly contains some laugh-out-loud moments. As far as the plot, Johnny is set up as the bad guy and it is up to him to discover who betrayed him, to capture the villain, and to set things straight. He also wants to save an important person from being assassinated, as he was caught off guard in Mozambique by a woman in a bikini and he does not want to make the same mistake twice. The movie contains a few nice themes including doing something right the second time around and forgiving one’s self. We are glad to recommend it and to award the film our Dove “Family-Approved” Seal.

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A lot of physical comedy in this movie; martial arts; a man is kicked in genitals to toughen him up; man pulls stones attached to genitals (not seen) to toughen him up; a few characters hit with a stick; punches and fights and characters are kicked; a cat is tapped so as to fall out a second story window but it survives; characters hit with darts; African leader assasinated but not graphic; air machine blown up; a man is tripped by a chain; a few characters are hit in genitals; a few characters are whacked in the head with a metal tray; a man hits a golf ball which hits a man in the head a distance away; a little blood is seen on the floor.

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A few innuendos; kissing; slang used for testicles; a waitress asking if a customer wants dessert is told she could be dessert and she smiles and walks away.

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Language

G/OMG-4; Good Lord-1; H-1; Turd-1

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Violence

A lot of physical comedy in this movie; martial arts; a man is kicked in genitals to toughen him up; man pulls stones attached to genitals (not seen) to toughen him up; a few characters hit with a stick; punches and fights and characters are kicked; a cat is tapped so as to fall out a second story window but it survives; characters hit with darts; African leader assasinated but not graphic; air machine blown up; a man is tripped by a chain; a few characters are hit in genitals; a few characters are whacked in the head with a metal tray; a man hits a golf ball which hits a man in the head a distance away; a little blood is seen on the floor.

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Drugs

Drinking in a few scenes; a request for "more beer"; champagne is poured and consumed; a few scenes in which evil agents use drugs on characters to make them obey their wicked designs to cause harm.

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Nudity

Strong cleavage; woman seen in bikini; man in underwear.

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Other

Betrayal among agents; men with backs to camera urinate in bathroom.

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