Raises many hackles (but few laughs). ...The best joke is taken directly from Tati's Jour de Fete.
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04/07/07
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
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Reviews Counted:109
Fresh:56
Rotten:53
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Mr. Bean's Holiday means well, but good intentions can't withstand the 90 minutes of monotonous slapstick and tired, obvious gags.
Theatrical Release:30-03-2007
Synopsis: The hopelessly daft but delightful Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) is back in this jovial comedy. This time he wins a trip to the Cannes Film Festival and havoc ensues to such an extent that he may never... [More]
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Emma de Caunes, Jean Rochefort, William Dafoe
Director: Steve Bendelack
Reviews for Mr. Bean's Holiday
There are innumerable set pieces, most of which take an awfully long time to deliver an awfully weak gag.
03/31/07
Top CriticThe jokes are weak. There’s a complacency to the comedy that suggests that nobody could be bothered. Bean gyrating to Shaggy’s Boombastic is a gag that was past its sell-by date ten years ago.
03/31/07
Top CriticParents 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.
03/31/07
Top CriticTaking on a more European sensibility, Bean seems to have gone back to the drawing board, and come up with gags that were last funny when we were a couple of steps back in the Evolution of Man wallchart.
03/30/07
With its obvious nods to Tati, a surprise for Charles Trenet lovers and much humour at the expense of celluloid pretensions, there’s ample diversion here for even the snootiest cinemagoer.
03/29/07
Top CriticEnjoyable, surprisingly sweet comedy, which softens the edges of the Bean character and aims for a more classic silent comedy vibe.
03/29/07
Almost disturbingly unfunny.
03/27/07
Top CriticThe cinematic equivalent of Brussels sprouts; parents will drag their kids to see it whether they want to go or not, and it's bound to leave an unpleasant aftertaste in the mouths of all ages.
03/25/07
What could have been a series of big and bigger set pieces instead flows smoothly from each corny gag to the next goofy slapstick routine.
03/24/07
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08/07/08
Mr. Bean's Holiday is a film stuck in the wrong century, more akin to classic silent comedy than modern humor and Bean himself is a clown caught without his make-up, psychedelically colored pants and bright red nose.
02/28/08
The hilarious sting of the TV show is gone; only the rubber-faced shtick remains.
01/18/08
Mr. Bean's Holiday delivers some of the charm of the original series, and whatever it may lack, it is worth watching simply for Rowan Atkinson's dedicated performance.
12/11/07
Britain's most-beloved mute behaving like a buffoon while vacationing in France.
11/26/07
Slight, slapstick-heavy comedy will amuse kids.
10/22/07
Bean and Carson are less different than they are the same, both self-centered and naïve, sad and lonely. Worse, Bean's movie isn't even as funny as Carson's.
09/15/07
"Mr. Bean's Holiday" is a jolly day at the beach.
09/13/07
You can only put up with so much shameless mugging.
09/07/07
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