Amazon.co.uk Review
Its taken a long time for Rowan Atkinson to bring us
Mr Beans Holiday, the sequel to the substantial hit of 1997. But in that time, hes lost none of what made the character so huge in the first place, delivering an effective comedy thats again managed to ignite box offices right across the world.
The set-up for Mr Beans Holiday is in the title: the hapless title character wins a holiday to France, meaning this time its the French Riviera thats the backdrop for the slapstick humour that has defined the series. And so Mr Bean finds himself in a series of increasingly unlikely situations, causing all manner of havoc in the process.
While unlikely to convert anyone who isnt already a fan, Mr Beans Holiday is nonetheless a comedy that delivers reliable laughs very much in the spirit of what has gone before. Atkinson continues to inhabit the character with great skill, and its--rightly--his work here that brings the lions share of the laughs.
By most accounts, Mr Beans Holiday is the swansong for a character thats manage to delight audiences worldwide for over a quarter of a century. And while the film is, truthfully, no classic, at its peak its a hoot, and offers gentle, enjoyable family entertainment. --Jon Foster
Synopsis
Rowan Atkinson (Blackadder Goes Forth) reprises his role as accident-prone Mr Bean in this sequel to Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie, set in the French Riviera. Eager for a break from the drab rain of London, Bean wins a holiday and a camcorder in a competition and heads off for the south of France, but soon enough his dream holiday has become just another collection of unfortunate and hilarious predicaments. When Bean attempts to catch a train while in France, he inadvertently separates a child from his father, which leads to the father reporting to the police that a kidnapping has taken place. Further chaos ensues when Bean is cast in a commercial and he goes on to disrupt the Cannes Film Festival. Rowan Atkinson once again presents his highly physical comedic style in Mr Bean's Holiday, playing the titular character as he bumbles about France, causing laugh-filled mayhem out of the simplest of situations.