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Johnny English (2003)
184K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, Monaco, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Rowan plays the eponymous lead character in a spoof spy thriller. During the course of the story we follow our hero as he attempts to single-handedly save the country from falling into the hands of a despot.
Style:
parody, hilarious, humorous, clever, funny, spoof, exciting, not serious, action comedy, spy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night
Plot:
agent, spy, goofy hero, secret service, comedy of errors, british, secret agent, farce, espionage, spy spoof, stupidity, sarcasm, danger, save the day, dumb, satire, chase, spy hero, mistaken identity, secret service agent, creativity, 007, spying, undercover, gem ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, europe, cornwall, france, london
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, action comedy, entertaining, spoof, exciting ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, exciting, not serious, spy comedy, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Russia, France, Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Country: USA, Spain, Austria
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Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA, Spain
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: UK
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Place:
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Country: USA
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