Johnny English Reborn

Rowen Atkinson's spoof on James Bond returns; it has been geting poor reviews from the critics but doing great numbers at the box office. You can see why it's reviews haven't been great as it isn't a great piece of art, it doesn't challenge perceptions or push boundaries but I suspect that the great British public who have been turning up in such large numbers enjoy it and that, surely, is the bottom line - it is funny. At times its merely amusing rather than laugh out loud but it is also has its very funny parts in a Clouseau-esc way, such as in the granny bashing scenes. The film also makes a wry comment on Britain's declining place in the world and the shift in power to the east with the renaming of MI-7 to 'Toshiba MI-7'.