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Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

There is something in this movie for everybody. I was 8 when I first saw it, totally by accident. I was looking for Batman but found this instead...and I'm so glad I did! I watched it with my sister who was 6 at the time and we were riveted from start to finish. Maybe it was the splendidly sinister Rowan Atkinson, The sweet Alan Cumming, or most likely, the hilarious Lenny Henry we loved it and I've been looking for a Region 2 DVD for ages. However you get hold of a copy I'd recommend it for all ages! What surprises me most it that (as far as I know) it has never been repeated, it may be a TV movie but it was high class! It took me a while to get some of the jokes but this is a laugh a minute romp about a genie who returns to the land of the living 2000 years after he was imprisoned in a lamp. I'd recommend this for anyone in need of cheering up or just anyone for that matter!

BERNARD AND THE GENIE was a really good Fantasy Comedy-Drama. Every scene with Lenny Henry was hilarious, especially when he is taken to the police station and he has his photos taken and makes silly faces in front of the camera and especially when he accidentally cuts his hand with his sword. Alan Cumming did a good performance as Bernard, and he makes you feel sorry for the character. Rowan Atkinson was good in his famous Blackadder role as Bernard's greedy and corrupt employer. The TV movie has it's moments. Parts of the film were very sad, especially when Bernard says a tearful goodbye to the Genie and Bernard and the Genie's hearts are broken, when Bernard's fiancée has a affair with his best mate and The Genie learns his kittens and his girlfriend have been dead for centuries. Still Bernard and the Genie made a star out of Alan Cumming who went to star in GoldenEye and X-Men 2, both films starred Famke Janssen. BERNARD AND THE GENIE is for all those who are fans of Lenny Henry and Rowan Atkinson. I hope one-day, Alan Cumming and Lenny Henry reunite and make a long-awaited follow-up "Bernard and the Genie 2", where Bernard reunites with the Genie. It would be nice know what has happened to Bernard, years after the Genie went back home to his own time.

I first remember when this film came out on BBC1 when I was but a child. I remember lying in my room when my parents watched it, listening to my dad laughing all the way through. It was on too late for me to stay up and so it was recorded onto VHS and my parents allowed me and my brother to watch it the next day.Ever since then, it has become tradition in our household to watch this film at Christmas, just as it has always been tradition to eat roast turkey or to decorate the Christmas tree. I have seen it so many times that I know every single word to every single scene and can even mimic the hilarious sequence of movements Alan Cumming does during the 'It'll Be Lonely This Christmas' song.Despite all this, it is still one of the best Christmas films - let alone comedies - to come out of Britain. Lenny Henry's Genie is stupidly naive and every single line makes me laugh out loud. Even the silly humour (like when he uses the toothbrush to clean his ears!) makes me chortle, even now! Alan Cumming is great as the drown-trodden do-gooder Bernard who is done over by his nasty boss, Rowan Atkinson - who, is (as always!) absolutely fantastic in his role... especially during the scene when he fires Bernard: 'bugger-ye off!' Another one of my favourite characters is Kibble, Bernard's lift-man.. look out for him.. another great and properly British character!! The entire film is a non-stop riot of comedy and humour, puns and digs at religion in a light-hearted way, even with a Trevor MacDonald look-alike reading the news. But still, it remains heartfelt and emotional, a journey not only to find love and re-build your life, but also it boils down to the simple message that you cannot simply fix your life with a single wish; it takes hard work and good friends.A fantastic film.. definitely worth seeing!

Wow. When I first saw this movie, I have NEVER heard of it. By reading other people's comments, I am not alone. The only preconception I had was that it would be one of those obscure, goofy, and generally bad "genie" movies.And then the movie starts, takes your preconceptions, and turns them inside out before ripping them apart. Now that's what I like in a movie!