Movie Review - Mr Bean's Holiday

Mr Bean's Holiday , The Best of Mr. Bean

On Sunday I went to watch Rowan Atkinson's latest movie - Mr Bean's Holiday. The movie has a long run in the Malaysian cinemas - it opened in on March 22, 2007 and it's still showing after 4 weeks!.

I went to the Golden Screen Cinema in IOI Mall, Puchong. Tickets (adults) - Rm8.00, children - Rm5.00

The story is a bit long for the young charges (5 and 6 years old) whom I brought along thinking they would enjoy Mr Bean's comical facial expressions. There are some hilarious moments but they are few in between. The movie version has a story plot which are beyond the young children's comprehension. So if you want to enjoy the movie, keep the young ones at home.


More about the movie.

The movie is about Mr Bean's journey to France. He won the free trip in a raffle draw (are there many of such raffle draws any more?), and his journey from London-Paris-Cannes is full of mishaps which I hope won't happen to me when I go for my trip to Macau/HongKong end June 2007.

One of the most enjoyable part in the movie is the one where Mr Bean busks in a French market to raise money, miming playing the piano and singing to a variety of music.

Predictable Mr Bean acts : the part where he pretends to eat live oysters only to drop onto his napkin. He later drops the live oysters in a lady's bag, which caused the lady to scream when she digs in the bag for the ringing mobile phone.

Mr Bean's holiday actually started at the end of the movie- when he finally saw the beach at Cannes.

If you want to know more about the plot, read on at Wikipedia's entry Mr Bean's Holiday

This movie is tagged as Mr Bean's second (and last) movie. The first being, Mr Bean the Hilarious (released in 1997), which I also saw. I'm a Mr Bean fan!

Verdict : maybe watching the movie in the comfort of your home is a better idea.

Some other reviews of the movie:

A fairly predictable film for Comic Relief

“Mr. Bean’s Holiday” may strain the tolerance of those who are skeptical of the Chaplinesque performer

one scene was shot on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival during one of the glitzy premieres.