Directed by:
Steve BendelackCinematography:
Baz IrvineComposer:
Howard GoodallCast:
Rowan Atkinson, Steve Pemberton, Emma de Caunes, Antoine de Caunes, Arsène Mosca, Willem Dafoe, Jean Rochefort, Julie Ferrier, Karel Roden, Julie Fournier (more)VOD (1)
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Disaster is just a small step away. Mr. Bean is heading to the South of France for a simple holiday in the sun. His voyage from London to the Riviera soon transcends into one of mischief and mayhem as he inadvertently creates havoc wherever he goes culminating in an unscheduled and riotous screening of his own video diary at the Cannes Film Festival. Rowan Atkinson returns to the iconic role that made him a star - Mr Bean - the nearly wordless misfit who seems to be followed by a trail of pratfalls and hijinks! (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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Mr Bean should stick to TV, movies don’t suit him. A TV show can work with a series of funny scenes, but a film needs a story, and therein lies the problem. Half of the humour relies solely on Atkinson making faces, and from the other half only very little is truly funny. Disappointment, 40%
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I'm really sorry that such a brilliant character ends their journey in a failed mess, the only happiness of which is that Bean doesn't speak too often, otherwise things would have turned out even worse. There is a difference between when Curtis and Atkinson take care of each shot and intertwine the script with clever and well-planned sketches, and when they attach proven, but more bitter grimaces to silly family troubles in this use. Rowan's rubber face still has a lot to offer even after so many years, and when we get a new gag, it's worth it, and while watching it at the speaker or escaping on a motorcycle, I went back many years ago when I saw this perfect fool for the first time. I will keep playing those episodes, but I won't watch as the script turns the perfectly chattered character into an almost sickly behaving individual anymore.
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Mr. Bean works best in short sketches - I wrote that about Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie as well - but while I found the American adventure quite entertaining, Mr. Bean's Holiday in Europe hardly appealed to me at all. At some points, Bean's bad luck and ineptitude even annoyed me, and I felt like they relied on a proven brand (Mr. Bean) and forgot to take care of the comedy. The screening of Willem Dafoe's self-absorbed film with Bean's interludes was hilarious, but by the final set-piece on the beach, the smile had passed and all that came out of my mouth was an incomprehensible "wtf?!".
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So it's still Mr. Bean, surprisingly too much - he doesn't try to talk much, he's just that grotesque character again who gets himself into funny situations. This time, he ends up being accused of kidnapping a boy, whose father, by the way, is Karel Roden. It's not a big movie, but you will enjoy this trip through France for one viewing. It's a shame that the setting isn't utilized even more.
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