Mr. Bean's Holiday Movie
Storyline
TAGLINES
Disaster has a passport
One of these two has a brain the size of a peanut
France doesn't stand a chance
Disaster is a small step away
Mr. Bean enters a church raffle and wins a vacation trip to France as well as a camcorder. After boarding a Eurostar train and arriving in Paris, the French language proves a barrier for Bean, as he struggles to get across the city to catch a train to the south of France from the Gare de Lyon. Taking time to order a meal, he finds the consumption of a seafood platter to be a challenge. Just before catching his train, he asks Emil, a Russian film director on his way to be a judge at the Cannes Film festival to use his camcorder to record his boarding, but accidentally causes Emil being left behind at the station. Bean attempts to cheer up the director's son Stepan as the train continues south but matters are made more hectic by the fact that Emil has reported his son to have been kidnapped and Bean losing his wallet and essential travel documents at a pay phone where he and Stepan attempt to contact Emil. Heading in the direction of Cannes, Bean finds himself in the cast and disrupting the flow of a commercial being shot by the egotistical director Carson Clay. He and Stepan finally hitch a ride with the young and vivacious actress Sabine who is heading to Cannes to attend the premiere of Clay's film, in which she appears. After Bean sneaks into the showing, his camcorder images are destined to enliven the proceedings.
| Rowan Atkinson | Mr. Bean |
| Max Baldry | Stepan |
| Steve Campos | |
| Willem Dafoe | Carson Clay |
| Stéphane Debac | Traffic Controller #2 |
| Clint Dyer | Luther |
| Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus | |
| Jean Rochefort | |
| Karel Roden | |
| Pierre-Benoist Varoclier | |
| Emma de Caunes | Sabine |
| Catherine Hosmalin |
| Steve Bendelack |
6.10 out of 10 (14290 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Plain boring...
posted on 26 Aug 2009I went to see this movie in the theater and in the beginning it was funny but near the middle of the movie got very boring and more people were leaving the theater than laughing. I left the theater half an hour before it was over. This movie was extremely boring and i'd rather watch barney than watch the rest of the movie. I should have waited a day after the movie was in theaters so i could read a review of it so i could make up my mind not to go. This movie is probably good for children of the age 6-9. I would probably watch 2 hours length of re-runs of barney than to watch this horrible movie again. I think they should have stuck with making Mr.Bean episodes than make a movie on it.
An easy-to-watch film
posted on 24 Aug 2009Mr Bean again doesn't disappoint. His real life situations are brought to the utmost of extremes once more. He could pick up a penny and be funny. The holiday scenario was a good choice and I had never ending chuckles to laughter throughout the movie. The characters chosen were good and the language barriers a fun extra. As usual Mr Bean tries to help everyone he sees and always puts himself in turmoil whilst doing so. Again he creates as much disaster as he avoids and one wonders why he leaves his house at all. This simplest of journeys turns into a fun ride through laughter, and the actual travel scenery and events make it real (well as real as it could get). So hop on board this fun Mr Bean adventure and laugh and cry though the journey.
Full of Beans!
posted on 18 Aug 2009Mr. Bean is a mumbling, squirmy-faced, insouciant retard, the brainchild of British comic Rowan Atkinson. Bean even does pelvic thrusts and chases chickens like Borat, the brainchild of another British comic.The "humor" depends on Bean being brain-dead, yet he figures out how to operate a camcorder, get across Paris using a compass, raise money for food and bus tickets, rig the effects board so that the Ugly American Director blows his stack (literally), change seats with the girl without crashing the car, and run his video on a commercial projector!The father, a big-shot director, decides to take the train to Cannes alone with his boy? Yeah, right! And he is SO worried about Junior, he attends the premiere of the Ugly American Director's self-indulgent crap! Makes sense to me, too. Junior never thinks of going to the police, but instead tries repeatedly to call Pop even though he and Bean can't figure out the last two numbers. But then, Pop isn't exactly busting his hump to find Junior! Why didn't the girl or Bean let someone know they had the boy instead of trying to pass him off as her daughter? To torture us for an extra 10 minutes? Oh, joy.I laughed once: when Bean, stuck in an outhouse in the middle of nowhere, wanders onto the road and gets mowed down.
EuroTrip without the toilet and gross humor
posted on 14 Aug 2009I saw this movie last Saturday and I was pretty impressed at it. Mr. Bean's Holiday follows the exploits of our Britain's most bumbling gentleman who travels to France after winning a free trip to Cannes in the lottery. It quickly takes a wrong turn(for the amusing, obviously), when he has to escort a boy who lost his father in the train station who happens to also be going to Cannes. As far as the plot goes, it could be considered a 3-parter in the regular TV show, but with decent production values. I think it's a funny movie that barely resorts to toilet humor and uses somewhat clever and some tried-and-true gags. At first, it wasn't that funny, the early gags in the movie were barely worth a chuckle, but then things just got better and better. Rest assured,though, fellow Europeans, that the french(nor the Russians) are not ridiculed and stereotyped like in ,say, Eurotrip. Rowan Atkinson continues his best in portraying this amusing character and Willem Dafoe plays nicely the role of an self-centered actor/director. All in all, it's a worthwhile movie, Bean fans will get their fix, others are welcomed to see it.
One continuous laugh
posted on 12 Aug 2009In my opinion anyone who gives this movie a vote less than 8 has no taste for subtle comedy . I honestly laughed so noisily until everyone else at home came to check what was happening and I was not stoned or anything . Atkinson is a very talented comedian , like a clown for adults that can make you laugh and respect him . It is obvious to me the movie is a tribute to Europe , Europeans (including Amercians represented by the movie actor/director) and the European union . It has many original comic scenes and I would recommend this movie over a Scary Movie or movies like it with good conscience . The only objection would be to the movie's length , it ended too quickly for me . Watch it and enjoy .
Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, and Bean
posted on 08 Aug 2009Having never before seen Mr Bean on TV or film I was prepared for the worst, my whole impression of the character coming from the obnoxious antics portrayed in advertisements. Wow, was I pleasantly surprised! The character of Mr Bean is much less annoying than I had believed, and the story was very interesting and entertaining. In fact, I found myself in the familiar world of silent comedy.Now this is not a silent film. There is music, sound effects, and dialogue, but it functions in the same way that the great silent films do, requiring the separation of the viewer from everyday reality and subsequent acceptance of the lead character's premise.Rowan Atkinson has created a character in the tradition of the great silent comedians; that is, a character that is only believable in the context of the imagined world of the film itself. In most of the great silent films of Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd, etc, the characters were manifest exaggerations of certain select human characteristics. Hence Chaplin's magnification of the perpetual underdog, Lloyd's personification of the boy-next-door, and Keaton's understated depiction of the second-string accidental hero. None of these persons could exist in the real world to the degree that they exist in the film world. The Character of Mr Bean is even more extreme.Mr Bean, it seems, is not just socially inept, he is actually a social cripple; so much so that he is only just barely able to even speak. At first glance the character and his mannerisms are so outlandish that he is stridently irritating. His behavior is actually grotesque in such a way that it is both repulsive and compelling at the same time. As one continues to watch, however, it becomes subtly apparent that Mr Bean reacts to every situation in much the same way as any average person would, with the exception that his reactions are absurdly exaggerated. Therefore, when he wins a trip he is not just excited and pleased, he is overcome with rapturous glee; and when confronted with an unpleasant meal his attempt to deal with the situation politely results in bizarre and surrealistic antics. In fact, that is the very essence of the character. He is a SURREAL individual coping with a REAL world.The situation that Mr Bean finds himself dealing with, helping a boy who has become separated from his father, is very much like something that Keaton or Chaplin might have dealt with, and the story proceeds along similar lines. The main difference is in how the character handles the situation. Mr Bean is the opposite of the "Great Stone-face". While Keaton could handle anything thrown at him in a resignedly calm way, Mr Bean's actions are draped with extravagant emotion. Once the viewer becomes accustomed to the parameters it is quite engrossing.The other major difference between Bean and the great silent comedians is that all of the other characters in the story are realistic. In the silents most secondary characters tended to to be one dimensional caricatures. In Bean's world even the girl is sensible and competent. She actually assists Mr Bean in a real way, a favor which he will return in his own inept way. In Keaton's world she would have surely added to his burden and only his own actions would have saved the day.Whether Keaton, Chaplin, Lloyd, or Bean(Atkinson) the logic remains the same; only the stylistic reaction is changed. Anyone who enjoys the old silent clowns will surely "get" this movie. Anyone who expects a typical cheap comedy may be left scratching their head. In my own opinion Rowan Atkinson has created a minor work of art!
Willem Dafoe's scenes alone make this worth it
posted on 04 Aug 2009SPOILER ALERT: I had never seen a Mr. Bean movie till this one and didn't know what to expect. I was surprised I enjoyed it so much. I usually don't care for slapstick or that type of humor, but there was something different (i.e. European) about this, with just the right amount of unexpected bits that it kept me entertained.Warning: I laughed so hard at Willem Dafoe as the artsy, pompous director I almost wet my pants. I went to an art school and was nodding my head in shame and acknowledgment during the scene where his character previews his film at Cannes. He is freaking hilarious. You might have to be a self-important, profound "film-school" type to truly appreciate this scene but it made the movie for me.
Best "Mr. Bean" Ever
posted on 02 Aug 2009I've seen posts about how this movie is the "same old same old", or in other words "same stuff different day" (SSDD). Nothing new here. I beg to differ.Yes, this movie has the same Bean-ism as any other Mr. Bean movie. However, it also has a good under-story. And isn't the reason we watch a "Mr. Bean" movies is to watch Mr. Bean? If you don't like Mr. Bean movies, then don't watch them. Don't criticize something you don't like in the first place.This is the BEST Mr. Bean episode I have ever seen. I have watched some of the series and have also watched the movies. This is the best... and unfortunately the last (so I've read).The shot switching between Mr. Bean's camera and the theatrical camera was really cool. It helped put us in Mr. Bean's shoes.I don't have any "down" comments off the top of my head. So, the positive review remains the same. Very good movie. A must see....
Time Pass
posted on 27 Jul 2009I just seen this film on the cinema and there was nothing special about it. There is hardly any story line & lacks a single decent joke. All Mr Bean doe's is tape his holiday with a camcorder all the way through the movie. Some of the scenes in the film were inspired from the TV series e.g. when he was in the French restaurant & he did not like the seafood so he just put all of it in a lady's bag, that scene was taken from the episode when it was Mr Bean's birthday he did not like the steak. The TV series is good and funny but the film is a complete time pass, it's like your watching someone's home video when they were away on holiday. Overall it's OK to be watched once if it's on TV or something but not the kind of film to watch on cinema or bought on DVD.
'Mr. Bean' harmless enough; not that funny, though
posted on 25 Jul 2009I suppose one has to have a taste for Rowan Atkinson's befuddled, almost retarded Bean character – like having a taste for Brussels sprouts or anything with okra in it.And if Monty Python ranks an 11 on the British comedy meter, then Bean would rate about a 3.5 at the most. Still, apart from being a colossal moron, Bean (an idiot savant – without the savant) is essentially harmless; and the sequel to his self-titled 1997 film, "Mr. Bean's Holiday," is diverting, if not all that funny.Assuming we know all about this upper-class twit with a horrible, elastic face, the plot here quickly cuts through all the superfluous nonsense and cuts right to the chase; Bean enters a raffle where first prize is a week's vacation on the beach in Cannes, France.Of course, for the sake of the film, he holds the winning ticket (even though at first he does not realize it), and is soon off to Paris.Naturally, though, he becomes involved in a series of misadventures, some of which are funny, others falling flatter than pancakes. Most of these jokes involve the man-child Bean wrecking someone's personal effects or disrupting something of great importance.The two more hilarious segments include an attempt to devour a seafood platter at a Parisian restaurant; and the introduction of Willem Defoe as a pretentious movie director attending the Cannes International Film Festival.Those scenes which do not work include Bean destroying a guy's laptop, causing a father and son to be separated (he then travels with the kid), trying to steal a man's moped, dancing to Shaggy's 1993 hit, "Boombastic," and attempting to chase down a chicken with a bus ticket attached to its foot.That last bit seems to go on forever, with little payoff. Plus, instead of just getting a new bus ticket, he leaves the boy and chases the bird for (what seems like) hundreds of miles with no payoff on the whole premise.Some of "Holiday" is like that, however, long expository setups for little or no bang for the punchlines. Another thing that bothered me was the irritating hand-held camera shots (simulating the camcorder Bean has with him at all times); most of these feature (far too) many extreme closeups of his rubbery-contorted face and barely intelligible mumblings.Atkinson, whom I liked much better in the TV series "Blackadder," as well as his supporting work in films like "Scooby-Doo" and "Rat Race," among others, nevertheless plays the cretin very well – in that many times during the picture one feels like slapping the crap out of him.Much of the movie's short 87-minute run, he plays like a poor man's Jerry Lewis, and his slapstick routines score below the Three Stooges.All in all, though, it's the last few minutes that really saves this production(in fact, it almost worth the price of admission to see a creepy Defoe singing "Beyond The Sea" in French) from going off the deep end.
I hated it
posted on 25 Jul 2009This has taken a long while to reach the US...so long in fact that its out on DVD elsewhere in the world. Using a borrowed import DVD I proceeded to abuse myself until a friend called and I ran off to help her out. Well made but painfully annoying story of Bean winning a trip to the South of France. Is it any wonder that the French are snippy when we abuse them with films like this. Rowan Atkinson looks psychotic and his behavior is even worse. Never a big Bean fan I was curious about the film because I had heard some good things about it. What film did these people see? There is nothing good about the film and the antics of Bean are forced and obvious. My brother left me the DVD yesterday and when I asked him about it later (his wife is a huge Bean fan and was dying to see it) he said that they had shut it off 20 minutes in because they found it annoying and stupid. I did about the same, but only because I had to leave...I mean because you know me I love bad movies. yea right, there are fun bad movies and then there is this. I can't really consider this a review because I probably should have hung in there to see if it got better. Then again there are times when I really should poke my self in the eye with a pointed stick as well.
Disaster is spot on
posted on 23 Jul 2009Rowan Atkinson done so well in the past as Black Adder and later as Mr Bean, most of the time brilliant humor in the Television show. Few can accomplish so much with so little and without using but the odd word here and there. Mr Bean goes to the dentist is a classic episode and Bean dresses him self in his Austin Mini before the dentist appointment also hilarious, Two many classics and i own this lot on DVD. Bean in USA was pretty funny and i liked that as well, Bean in France is a tired old dog with all the old tricks for show one last time before everyone gets tired of them, maybe there are young people how have never enjoyed Mr Bean like i have and will laugh them self senseless but for everyone else it's just not funny anymore. Recommend Borat if you wanna see a special guy out of his environment traveling to a strange place, Will Borat visit France next.
Fun! But without so much dialogue & younger appeal.
posted on 17 Jul 2009This kind of thing usually works in a Bean movie, with actions expressing what is going on. But, after watching the first film it was odd without the jokes coming from other characters which also helps the movie. Moving away from the first movie, this film is fun and less rude than its predecessor (no sexual jokes or hospital operations performed by Bean) which is a lot better for kids. It's nice to see a different approach to Bean with a kid in the supporting role which actually worked well here (which was very surprising). Every Bean movie has to have Teddy and sadly HE WAS NOT FEATURED which is a shame for the Bean finale and one critical scene which was featured in the advert when Bean fills his coffee up from the broken laptop is funny but never made the final cut in the movie for some reason (proberly because Sony sponsored it and it doesn't make their laptops look robust) stupid advertising. No matter, Mr Bean's Holiday is a great family adventure which will suit children of all ages. Instead of taking the mick out France as done in Johnney English they have given it a promotive look instead. In conclusion I personally enjoyed the first Bean the best but this is still a decent Bean addition but in my view not a finale to Bean, he deserves one more film (with Teddy). All the best to review readers!
A Nutshell Review: Mr Bean's Holiday
posted on 17 Jul 2009Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean first burst into mainstream TV prominence in this part of the world sometime in the early 90s, where half hour episodes containing skits of that famous character cut through all boundaries with its humour - by not having Mr Bean speak (or speak minimally, and when it doesn't matter), and set in simple, identifiable premises, he's able to reach out to all, regardless of language.It's been sometime since new material came out, and the TV episodes have been relegated help past time in waiting areas of clinics or government offices. The last big screen outing Mr Bean had, was quite painful to watch, and nothing good came out of it, especially that irritating movie theme song by Westlife which polluted the airwaves.So why did I subject myself to the follow up movie, and possible the last Mr Bean outing in Mr Bean's Holiday? For the hope that it can bring back fond memories experienced when the television skits worked, that we can see the nonsensical, anti-social Mr Bean in his rude glory. However, it was not to be.In summary, Mr Bean has won a local raffle, which sends him to Cannes for a holiday. In true Bean fashion, everything goes terribly wrong, no thanks to his own stupidity, and he spends more effort trying to make up for lost time in getting to the fabled beach holiday. If you really break it down, the movie contains a series of set pieces which are skits stitched together to form a feature length film. The same old bag of tricks are recycled, as you terribly need great patience to sit through yet another Mr Bean hopping tantrum.There are rare funny moments that you can count with one hand, but nothing genuine. Most attempts at laughter were pretty contrived. Perhaps the few scenes that were fun (not funny) was Willem Dafoe hamming it up as the self-indulgent writer-director-producer Carson Clay at the 59th Festival de CannesPopular characters have a shelf life. Mr Bean's probably up, and it's time to put the character to rest. No point flogging an old horse to make a quick buck.
I don't understand how people like Mr. Bean
posted on 13 Jul 2009Everyone, Mr. Bean, not funny. The show was not funny. The first movie was so unfunny that i forgot what it was even about from excruciating boredom. I remember something about Whistler's mother? Whatever, anywho, this movie is equally terrible. Boring to the point of no return. A giant explosion killing all of the characters couldn't have saved this movie. It just keeps on with my theory that British people are not funny. Flat out terrible. Remember Hot Shots part Deux, when Atkinson gets thrown off the cliff, I was praying for that to happen in this film. The only thing that made me happy was knowing that i didn't pay to get in. Do not see this movie unless you are British.
Classic feel good comedy.
posted on 13 Jul 2009In a day and age where most comedies go for shock value, its great to see a film that contains old fashioned fun. I wont bother with the plot, you're obviously on IMDb so you can check that out for yourself. What I will say, is that I had a smile on my face during the entire film. There was something very 'classic' about this film, it is hard to describe, but I walked out of the cinema feeling very inspired and uplifted. The jokes are simple and what you would expect from a Bean film, yet they work very well. This is a great family movie, which harks back to the days of Chaplin. If you're looking for some innocent fun, this is the film for you.
Not like the first one, this is amazing!
posted on 07 Jul 2009Mr. Bean's holiday is a wonderful movie. By seeing this, we could really say that the first movie is no match for this second one. The first movie had many talks and it was not like typical Mr. Bean movie, but the second movie had less talks and it was really good, the movie is soooo funny. Mr bean is the funniest, but I am sad to hear that its his last Bean performance, :( The movie was not boring, the story was plain and simple and was like a typical Mr. Bean story. The scenes were so funny. The scene where Mr. Bean dances in various music to get money and when he sings like an Opera singer was the funniest and the scene where he speeds up in his bicycle and leads all the cyclist was very funny, this is a movie which should be never missed by the fans of the show, don't believe what everyone says about this movie, that it is so bad and the worst movie ever, it's a great movie. It should not be missed.
Truly an Awful Waste of Time
posted on 05 Jul 2009I don't get it, I loved the Mr Bean series (all 3 seasons) and the Bean movie, but this movie just has NOTHING funny in it. I literally didn't crack a smile from start to finish, nor did anyone else in the room. Whatever the other Bean episodes and movie had, this one hasn't got it. You'll take it back to the video store thinking "I should have picked that other movie I was going to instead". Truly a very sad end to the Bean franchise. Even in the original series, Bean could talk, although he didn't do so fairly often, but in this movie he seems to have been reduced to the status of retarded mute. The humor lay originally in the fact that he wasn't an idiot but saw things in a different way to the rest of us, but in Bean's Holiday, he appears to be a runaway from a sheltered workshop. It could have been oh, so, so, so good (particularly because the French, after all, provide plenty of ammunition to make fun of them with) but it completely missed the mark. I suspect Rowan Atkinson did it for the money only, write the script in an evening, and didn't do any research. It could have been filmed anywhere, with any characters, and the plot wouldn't have changed much. Pathetic, sad and very disappointed.
Funny and delightful
posted on 29 Jun 2009If you were somewhat disappointed with "Bean" (as I was), don't let that scare you off. I was pleasantly surprised with this hilarious and delightful installment. Of course, I was a big fan of the TV show and I think this movie did a much better job at adapting the lovable character to the big screen. Bean goes through his usual witty antics, and to add to the fun the film actually has a decent plot. I truly cared for all the characters, and found myself totally engaged throughout this wild adventure. I don't want to give too much away, but the plot involves a French boy, who accidentally gets left behind by his father. Bean helps him on his quest to meet back up with his father in Cannes. I felt total sympathy for the kid and desperately wanted him to find his father. Not only is the film very funny, but it also has plenty of heart. Rowan Atkinson hasn't missed a beat, considering he did the show so long ago. When I found out Willem Dafoe was in the film, I figured he'd just be in a tiny cameo. But he plays a pretty significant role as a pretentious director/actor, and does a great job at poking fun at these snobby filmmakers who are totally full of themselves. Unlike "Bean," this film doesn't have too much crude humor, so you can feel free to watch this with the whole family. It's a perfect feel-good comedy!
Le grand écart...
posted on 28 Aug 2009What I loved about this movie is that It's NOT a mere series of destructive events people expected. This movie is about the 7th Art and how humor was built within it along the years.Rowan Atkinson managed to express his deepest sympathy for Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Jacques Tati ( bien sûr... ) and at the same time, by giving Mr Bean a video camera he met with the latest style of visual comedy ( Jackass, etc... )This movie becomes a research on how people laugh in a movie theater, and the poetry it all brought to the final film made me cheer.Thank you for your time, I hope these few words were of some interest.