rabbe
It doesn't happen very often to me, but I think this film actually gets better with repeat viewings. Ten years after release, the criticisms at the time seem pretty petty; the film really works as an extension of the TV series and an homage to, on one end, the European comedy tradition of Jaques Tati, and on the other end, silent movie slapstick. And the references to pretentious cinema auteurs seems even more relevant today than ten years ago. The film has a nice, slow pace I appreciate more and more, and it's expertly produced and photographed. The supporting cast is good, especially French Emma de Caunes, who manages to portray some extraordinary sweet normalcy, as a contrast to Mr Beans antics.
leplatypus
This second movie follows the error of the first as Bean stays abroad and faraway of his British soil! I don't understand the reason to cut his roots except for greedy international box office! Here as the producer is french so Bean goes to France! His vision my country is fair (whereas the maps of his travels aren't): dense, modern Paris and a desert but beautiful countryside outside! This sequel is not as funny as the first but I could giggle all along, which is rather enjoyable! Rowan proves he is a genius in mime and seeing comedy in every place or situation! However the ending with Cannes festival is totally crap (the french producer organizes it with its TV) and really hurts the quality of the movie! Finally, my advice would be to stick with his original TV show!!
SnoopyStyle
Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) wins a church raffle for a vacation trip to the south of France and a camcorder. This allows him to cause havoc in an another country. He accidentally separates Emil and his son Stepan. Emil is a movie critic going to Cannes as Film Festival jury member. Bean and Stepan are together when Bean lose their tickets, wallet and documents. They get thrown off the train and have to find their way to Cannes themselves.Bean is normally more selfish and obnoxious. The movie pairs him up with a kid and he becomes a good-hearted bumbling fool. The humor becomes a lot lighter. The chances were that Bean would have trouble staying funny for the longer duration. This light stuff has a lot of difficulties maintaining any comic intensity. Also the kid should probably be a bit younger to get more of the cute factor. Nevertheless, there are some fun bits that make this a worthwhile watch for fans of the TV character.
Theo Robertson
Coming out ten years after the original Bean feature film a lot of water has passed under a lot of bridges , so much so that you may have forgotten just how successful the original film was . If it was a case of milking cash cows then in the preceding ten years we might have had five sequels within in that time . That said it's pretty obvious that Atkinson , Curtiss and co haven't been spending ten years developing this screenplay but it's functional . The problem is that comedy isn't a natural genre for feature length hence we get a rather episodic choppy feel to this film as Mr Bean takes a trip to the French Riviera and finds himself caught up in a loosely plotted story that eventually sees him end up at the Cannes film festival . The jokes come thick and fast and are very hit and miss but I often found myself smiling at the situations even though I was more than capable of working out what the pay off to the jokes were going to be . The highlight of the film is Willem Dafoe as Carson Clay , an egocentric and pretentious film maker and perhaps with hindsight we could have seen a bit more of his feature film " Without you I am nothing , nothing , nothing . Everday I'm reminded of my life without you , Empty , there is nothing , nothing , nothing " Hardly a classic piece of comedy cinema MR BEAN'S HOLIDAY is engaging enough to pass the time
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