It is apt to remember that the Johnny English character started off in a TV advert, as in this third film the few ideas on offer are stretched out painfully thinly to fill a feature film run time. Occasionally a joke will wander in, often only to overstay its welcome by being pushed to the limit of endurance. Atkinson does what he does, Ben Miller tries to humanise the enterprise in his reprised sidekick role, whilst Emma Thompson goes big and unsubtle in the Prime Minister role. With nothing surprising on offer, and everything signposted well in advance, it is a matter of simply getting through to the end of this underwhelming third entry in an uneven franchise.
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