Sadly Over-hyped

Excellent, a Must See

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Mr Beans holiday is an hysterical story about an English person with slight mental difficulties attempting to travel from England to the beaches in Cannes. The film is all about how this man travels to Cannes and all of the interesting experiences he encounters along the way. Some of these experiences could have ended in a disaster for the mentally challenged individual; therefore it would have been worthwhile him investing in some travel insurance before he left the UK. In this particular circumstance this individual only goes on the occasional holiday,therefore the logical insurance for this man would be to buy insurance just for that trip rather than investing in an annual based multi trip travel insurance extravaganza. Watching Mr Bean once again reminded me of probably my favourite film of all time, Thunderbirds... The thought of Thunderbirds was so powerful that it had me eclipsed in its all encompassing nostalgic beauty.

Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007): Dir: Steve Bendelack / Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Emma De Caunes, Willem Dafoe, Max Baldry, Jean Rochefort: Every bit the disaster the first film was only this time the holiday in question regards his absent mind. Mr. Bean wins a trip to the beaches of Cannes but when he asks a random stranger to video tape his departure onto the train he accidentally separates a father and son. Just one random act of stupidity after another with no story or care. Arriving ten years after the pitiful first film, director Steve Bendelack does his best but comes away with virtually a longer version of what is seen on TV. Rowan Atkinson plays Bean as a sort of homage to silent stars and his antics work a tad better here than in the previous film. His raffle ticket setup for the vacation is amusing but from there it is the basic plot weighted by antics. His dealing with the film reel at Cannes in the conclusion adds a bit of humanity that works. Emma De Caunes is wasted as an actress who picks up Bean. She is making her film debut and must get to Cannes. Willem Dafoe plays a frustrated director in what is a major fall for an actor capable of much better. Max Baldry plays the boy whom Mr. Bean will reunite with his father, as if we couldn't predict that. The TV program featuring Mr. Bean is so much better and funnier than this. This holiday is a complete waste of time. Score: 3 ½ / 10

I really don't understand all the negative reviews and bad comments on here regarding this movie. I don't know what people expect, it is just another Bean movie! Rowan Atkinson plays Bean as he has done for the past 20 years or so. Over the years Rowan Atkinson has perfected Mr Bean and makes playing that role seem like a walk in the park. Mr Beans Holiday certainly doesn't disappoint in that regard! The story is simple, Mr Bean wins a trip to France in a raffle. His simple goal is - Get to the beach, but as you can imagine, for Mr Bean it is not that simple! From the moment he steps on the train to begin his journey the classic Bean antics begin! This movie throws up many, many laugh out loud moments but does not stray far from the story and it keeps on track and moves along at a nice pace.Overall this movie is a warm hearted, feel good movie which is certainly worth a watch if you enjoyed any previous Mr Bean shows/movies.8/10

It had been 10 years since Mr Bean was on the big screen. So I was glad to hear that there was going to be another Mr Bean movie.Unlike the last movie, there isn't much dialogue. They went back to basics and did what the TV show did. Which was actions instead of words.However, the story and jokes in this movie are poor.The joke where Mr Bean says "Gracias" about 30 times is not funny. Like the last movie, jokes from the TV are recycled in this one. It's nice to do a reference to a previous show you did, but you need new material or else you're repeating yourself.Also, when Mr Bean causes the father to get separated from his son, Mr Bean doesn't seem to care. You hate Mr Bean for doing that. This is when I decided that the movie wasn't great. I did get a chuckle from the little boy slapping Mr Bean in the face, though. There are a lot of pointless scenes in this movie. It's like they were trying to make the movie longer, because there isn't much of a story. Such as the scene where Bean is in the restaurant and what the hell was that scene where Mr Bean was in the shed all about? That scene went on forever and you just want the movie to end. If you thought those scenes were bad, check out the deleted scenes.There's even a deleted scene where Sabine tries to kill herself.I am not joking. Check the deleted scenes if you don't believe me. And to add insult to injury, the cast break the fourth wall at the end. Yep. Even for a Mr Bean movie, this is unnecessary. A very boring and unfunny movie. I'll just stick with the TV show.