The 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.
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03/25/07
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
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 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 CriticRaises many hackles (but few laughs). ...The best joke is taken directly from Tati's Jour de Fete.
04/07/07
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
There are innumerable set pieces, most of which take an awfully long time to deliver an awfully weak gag.
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
The 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 CriticI hate Mr. Bean, I hated this movie. He’s an annoying, creepy, leering, sweaty, unfunny character, and ten seconds would be too much and this movie’s like 90 minutes.
08/27/07
The time has come for Mr. Bean's retirement.
08/24/07
Things break, food is inappropriately disposed of and a silly man in a brown suit makes bug-eyed faces. Just the thing your inner toddler might like, assuming he can stay awake.
08/23/07
It's a shame that Atkinson has yet to find a feature film to do his character justice.
08/29/07
If you've seen 10 minutes of Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean routine, you've seen it all. Any larger dose can lead to irritation, dry mouth and depression.
08/22/07
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03/23/07
Top CriticMr. Bean's Holiday is a very cute movie. Unfortunately, cute is rarely funny.
08/25/07
Don't mistake this simpleton hero, or the movie's own simplicity, for a lack of smarts. Mr. Bean's Holiday is quite savvy about filmmaking, landing a few blows for satire.
08/24/07
Director Bendelack and writer-producer McBurney aim for the comedy of Chaplin, Keaton, and Tati, relying heavily on sight gags and their star's pratfalls and facial contortions, but they vititate the comic payoffs by allowing scenes to run too long.
08/23/07
Rowan Atkinson continues a tradition that in the right hands never gets stale: comic pantomime.
08/24/07
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