Johnny English Strikes Again
Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 26, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
39
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
14
Negative:
6
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
The Associated PressJocelyn NoveckOct 31, 2018
It’s not complicated. But there are worse things in life than 88 minutes of uncomplicated chuckling. Read full review
50
Film Journal InternationalStephen Whitty Oct 30, 2018
For fans of this goofy sort of comedy, or of Atkinson’s similarly loopy “Mr. Bean,” it may be a gentle treat. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comNell MinowOct 26, 2018
The film runs out of ideas so quickly that Atkinson literally resorts to dropping his pants to get a laugh from his saggy bare bottom. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklySerena DonadoniOct 25, 2018
Director David Kerr engineers Atkinson’s intricate routines with clockwork precision. That said, his first feature film has little to offer anyone not already attuned to modestly absurdist British comedy. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisOct 25, 2018
This is a film that wears its anti-tech bent like an old James Bond wristwatch. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriOct 25, 2018
The film doesn’t offer many huge belly laughs — Atkinson has never been one for big comic climaxes — but it does deliver a fairly steady stream of pleasant chuckles, many of them mixed with generous doses of humiliation comedy. Read full review
25
Entertainment WeeklyDana SchwartzOct 25, 2018
Every gag in this movie has already been done before, and better, presumably by one or both of the earlier Johnny English films. I promise that I will never force myself to find out. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)John SemleyOct 25, 2018
Most refreshingly, Johnny English Strikes Again is the rare secret-agent film that feels wholly unself-conscious. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshOct 25, 2018
This limp, lifeless, one-joke action comedy sequel, directed by David Kerr, comes 15 years after the 2003 "Johnny English," and manages to overstay its welcome, even at a scant 88 minutes, mostly because writer William Davies didn't bother to write anything other than "Johnny English is bad at spying." Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldOct 25, 2018
In between all of these delights is an awful lot of filler Read full review
30
TheWrapElizabeth WeitzmanOct 25, 2018
What’s particularly disappointing about this effort is the amount of talent wasted. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergOct 24, 2018
Johnny English Strikes Again has a few more laughs and far fewer cringes (and stereotypes) than the two films that preceded it. Plus it knows where to steal from. Watching it is like having a good time by proxy. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovOct 24, 2018
The result is a cheerfully unfunny low-brow affair which simply can’t compare with the many genuinely entertaining James Bond spoofs that seem to crop up every decade or so, such as "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery or the more sublime pleasures of Jean Dujardin in the "French OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies." Read full review
63
Washington PostPat PaduaOct 24, 2018
Here, however, Atkinson may even outdo Cruise, with the comedian hurling his 63-year-old body into the service of comedy. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerOct 22, 2018
Johnny English Strikes Again might actually come closer to success than its predecessors, if only by default. At very least, it proceeds unencumbered by excess story machinations. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDerek SmithOct 18, 2018
Relying on such arcane gags as prat falls in knight’s armor, fake French accents, and an array of gadget-based explosions, Johnny English Strikes Again seems almost hellbent on aiming for the lowest common denominator at every turn. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 18, 2018
It’s easier talking about the film’s most promising bits, because too little of the rest of it has anything particularly funny to offer. Read full review
42
IndieWireDavid EhrlichOct 11, 2018
While the gentle mediocrity of it all is somewhat charming at first — even with such tired material, Atkinson is still a reliably sweet and well-intentioned screen presence — it doesn’t take long for the film to wear out its welcome. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonOct 2, 2018
Johnny English Strikes Again is an oddly mirthless addition to the series. Read full review
40
Screen DailySarah WardOct 2, 2018
Try as he might, Rowan Atkinson’s slapstick pratfalls and rubbery expressions can’t stretch over the feature’s brazen attempt to rehash past glories. Read full review
40
VarietyOwen GleibermanOct 2, 2018
There are a minor handful of scenes in Johnny English Strikes Again that will make you laugh. A bit. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawOct 1, 2018
The humour feels as if it is pitched at kids rather than adults, and for me Johnny English’s wacky misadventures aren’t as inventive and focused as Atkinson’s silent-movie gags in the persona of Bean. Read full review
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