Rowan Atkinson's gift for physical comedy is on display, but the humour feels pretty underpowered and weirdly superfluous; Johnny English's wacky misadventures aren't as inventive and focused as Atkinson's silent-movie gags in the persona of Bean
Rowan Atkinson's comic genius buoys the film somewhat and provides some laugh out loud moments, but the film suffers from the underuse of its secondary characters and spluttering narrative propulsion
fans of Atkinson and of the Johnny English franchise should be happy enough with the new adventure but even they may wonder if the filmmakers could have done just a little more to bring Johnny English into the modern age
"Johnny English Strikes Again" is an oddly mirthless addition to the series; it delivers little besides labored jokes, a moronic plot and characters so thinly drawn they make Mister Bean look like the work of prime Ingmar Bergman