Mr. Bean's Holiday Release Date: August 24, 2007 Studio: Universal Pictures Director: Steve Bendelack Screenwriter: Hamish McColl, Robin Driscoll Starring: Antoine de Caunes, Emma de Caunes, Jean Rochefort, Rowan
Atkinson, Willem Dafoe Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: G Official Website: DotComedy.com/Bean
Plot Summary:
Rowan Atkinson returns to the iconic role that made
him an international star in "Mr. Bean's Holiday." In his latest misadventure,
Mr. Bean--the nearly wordless misfit who seems to be followed by a trail of
pratfalls and hijinks--goes on holiday to the French Riviera and becomes
ensnared in a European adventure of cinematic proportions.
Tired of the dreary, wet London weather, Bean packs up his suitcase and
camcorder to head to Cannes for some sun on the beach. Ah...vacation. But his
trip doesn't go as smoothly as he had hoped when the bumbling Bean falls face
first into a series of mishaps and fortunate coincidences, far-fetched enough to
make his own avant-garde film.
Wrongly thought to be both kidnapper and acclaimed filmmaker, he has some
serious explaining to do after wreaking havoc across the French countryside and
arriving at his vacation spot with a Romanian filmmaker's precocious son and an
aspiring actress in tow. Will Bean be arrested by the gendarmes or end up
winning the Palme d'Or? It's all caught on camera as Atkinson again applies his
awkward athleticism to a comedy of errors in "Mr. Bean's Holiday."
EN 5 Second Review:
A good diversion for the kids, but not exactly a date
movie. It is what you think it is.
The
entire feel and tone of the piece is happy and joyous, including the
attractiveness of budding actress cum star Bean picks up along the way,
played by French actress Emma de Caunes
Peter Veugelaers: EntertainmentNutz.com
This is one chaotic holiday I’d like to avoid. The distance between the
viewer and the screen is enough to remain aloof, thankfully. It is a
holiday to enjoyably soak in from a distance....
Parents
who sat stony-faced through the original Bean
are in for a surprise: from an adult perspective, Mr
Bean's Holiday is not all that bad Paul Arendt: BBC
It's a safe bet that kids will eat up this
latest slice of slapstick, in which Mr Bean's struggle to
take a relaxing French holiday is thwarted by a lost child,
a hungry vending machine, an egomaniac film director (a
campy Willem Dafoe) and the intricacies of Gallic public
transport...more
Delivers
more of the same awful mugging and simplistic pratfalls that
have endeared the character to absolutely no one I know Nick Schaeger: Slant Magazine
Don't be fooled by its titular reference to Jacques Tati's
classic, droll M. Hulot's Holiday. Rowan Atkinson's
latest venture as the fumbling, bumbling British boob Mr.
Bean simply delivers more of the same ...more
EN 5 Second Review:
A good diversion for the kids, but not exactly a date
movie. It is what you think it is.
Delivers
more of the same awful mugging and simplistic pratfalls that
have endeared the character to absolutely no one I know