Mr. Bean's Holiday [Blu-ray]

Funny and one we’ll watch again. My kids 10 and 13yrs old especially loved it. They already love his TV show, so that probably helped.

Ever since a friend of mine told me to watch Mr. Bean on HBO back in the day, I have since loved every second of his hilarious mishaps. I was one of those people who didn't understand, when seeing commercials, what could possibly be so funny. The commercials kinda left out what the concept was. Someone earlier said american's tend to like fast comedies and bupring/fart jokes and whatever. I consider myself very critical of comedies. I don't care if it's "dumb humor" (humor that is dumb on purpose to make you laugh) I don't mind some gross humor, I don't care what kind it is, but as long as it's genuinely funny. So I love movies like Ghostbusters, Johnny Dangerously,Dumb and Dumber, Tommy Boy, My Fellow Americans, and Caddyshack. Even Rodney Dangerfield would be able to elevate a normally stupid movie and make me laugh out loud. Which, by the way, is the only way you should laugh. So in came Mr. Bean. I didn't know what to expect, but my friend up till then never steered me wrong. So I watched. At first I thought, this is a bit odd. And, then, even though I still had that same opinion, I realised I was laughing hysterically. He captured the silent clown comdey of chaplin, the classic facial expressions of someone like Lucille Ball, He also had his own style that is unable to be categorized. I was hooked. So anytime it came on I watched. Then the videos came out and i bought all the vhs tapes and eventually the Whole Bean on DVD which was upsetting because they edited out hilarious scenes. Not even sure why. They had plenty of room on the dvds to even add more:( but that's not mr. bean's fault that's the studio's. Anyway, the first mr bean movie wasn't really a mr. bean movie it's like they tried to make him mainstream. I would have preferred two hours of skits actually. Once u have mr. bean talking, u don't have mr bean, he would say stuff in the show but it was small stuff like his name or mentioning teddy etc. He was not meant to be a mainstream character. He was meant to be someone who didn't fit in with the real world, hence the opening scene of the show in which he appeared to "just fall to earth". He was a boy in a man's body. He didn't act within the confines or rules of normalised society, we knew every thing he did was not appropriate or something a grown up man would actually do, that's what made it funny. As for Mr. Bean's holiday, even though it could have moved faster, it was still more true to the original. It's hard to say how mr bean should play out in a movie simply because he only did maybe ten or fifteen minutes at a time, and even then, it was random. Comedy, though doesn't need a plot to work. I hate when people say it does. All it needs is the setup. To say this movie doesn't make sense until the end, misses the point. It's all about Mr. Bean and the chaos he creates. This movie was more true to character than the first one though, and it shows. I would highly reccomend this one. Also I would reccomend mr. bean fans to check out "the Thin Blue Line" which is available on dvd in amazon, and "Black Adder" both are stylistically different than Mr. Bean but some of the best comdey I've ever seen come out of the uk and better than a lot of U.S. Released Stuff. Also, and no I'm not affiliated with Rowan Atkinson in anyway, LOL Buy the Rowan Atkinson LIVE DVD you will love it. IT's a mixture of standup and visual humor that will blow you away. Everyone I have watched it with me has been in tears by the end. Considering I only knew him as mr bean before watching this, I didn't know what to expect from a talking rowan atkinson, but he totally impressed me and, with comedy I'm not easily impressed.

Kids watch repeatedly

Enjoy Mr. Bean's movies. Another to add to the collection.

This is a normal Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) type movie, running approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes. It begins with Mr. Bean's arrival in his little yellow Cooper-looking type car where the drawing will be held for an all-expenses paid holiday (what us Westerners call "vacation") to Cannes in the South of France, plus $200 Euro spending dollars and a Sony video camcorder.Traveling by train from London to Cannes, Mr. Bean immediately begins causing havoc everywhere he goes. One of the funniest scenes, in my opinion, was close to the beginning of the film when Mr. Bean eats a seafood platter consisting of raw oysters and langoustines. But there are plenty more funny scenes as Mr. Bean, with little more than a word or two or a grunt, and an occasional "Oui," coupled with gestures and facial expressions of a true comediac, makes his way through the challenges that only he can find in a simple all-expense paid holiday. William Defoe also appears in the film as a Film Director, en route to the Cannes Film Festival.Again, a typical Mr. Bean adventure. If you have never seen Mr. Bean, he is pretty unique and is like watching a silent British comedy. He does such goofy things and always gets himself into weird situations, and strange things happen to people around him. From chasing a chicken, to an outhouse scene, to starting a brawl over a laptop, to eating a raw oyster, etc. etc. etc., Mr. Bean is a hoot!

Rowan's best family films. The high level of humor can be appreciated by all ages.

Finally! This movie is clean but brilliant and sheer entertainment. You can take your saintly aunt Jemima to this one, and you need not fear to let your children, or grandchildren view it either. It is a G and deserves the rating; there is literally nothing in it that is in any way objectionable. Why can't other films accomplish this?When my wife and I went to see "Mr Bean's Holiday" it was pouring down with rain outside. It was the first day of school too. Maybe that was the reason why there were only six in the movie theater to see this gem? We were three couples, yet for all the small number there was regular, hearty laughter throughout the whole performance.I don't know why some reviewers found it uneven or disappointing. It managed to have a lot of brand new material in it. The on-location European filming gave added interest. We never lost track of the plot or lost interest in the action.We're ordering one for ourselves (the wife and I) and one for the biggest of Bean fans among our grandchildren.By the way every one of more than a dozen grandchildren has been absolutely delighted with Mr Bean and have asked to see the episodes from the TV series again and again, as well as the movie "Bean". This one caps the lot in my opinion.

Mr bean what can you say? He wins a trip to France (Cannes) and a video camera to film it all and the trip is one disaster after another and very funny. Some of the jokes are a bit long-winded like when he loses a coach ticket for him and a young lad he has accidentally kidnapped and has to chase it on a bike following a farmer's car, passing a roadful of cyclists, hitching a lift when his bike gets crunched by a tank (that comes later) and then tries to steal the slowest moped in the world.Eventually meeting Sabine (an actress) going to Cannes for the festival and dressing up as her mother to get into the festival and re-uniting the kidnapped boy with his dad he gets to the beach at Cannes and the final scene is a marvel with hundreds of extras all following the camera as it pans over the lovely French coast to the music of 'La Mer' and it is truly spectacular and a lovely finish to a lovely film. Well done Mr Bean.

Quite like the film, due to love Mr Bean.Had some great parts in it and some dull parts in to.One of best parts i like near end of film, got out window,walked on different transports, get to the beach, that was verywell done, and dancing in the sea..Another part like with film producer , Mr Bean edited putting inhis clips cut out boring producer ones. And then become best of friends at the beach.. Worst bit of film, Mr Bean went in cafe, waiter made him look small,offering his dish was mussels are quite yuck,anyway mainly i notinto seafood lol.So time soon to watch it again, think of holiday season..

Since Rowan Atkinson created the endearing "Mr Bean" , his ability to generate warm sympathy alongside continual laughter means we too can feel smugly superior as we ALL get buffeted by life's barrage of unexpected set-backs.His holiday to Cannes is a rollercoaster of triumphs and catastrophes surpassing his Hollywood disaster movie. Will he ever reach the South of France?The film captures this splendid mystery with superb direction of a cast which matches Atkinson's talent. Look out for Max Baldry (at age 11) as a budding star, but above all stand aside Mousieur Hulot and Charlie Chaplin. A new world comic genius is gluing us to our TV and Cinema screens.

This is quite a different film to the original. The first was hilariously funny, and this one is not about the same sort of humour though it has its moments. Rather in keeping with the French theme, it is arty and has several parody undercurrents going on. It is visual and choreographed with less of the slapstick of the original film. Far funnier is Johnny English (the original only) but this has a certain charm and quality to it. Fans of France will enjoy but don't buy it for out-and-out laughts. But it for the scenery and the artistic element.

I'm not rating for the film, which I'd give 2 stars to, but the quick delivery and the well maintained product. If you want A DVD of this film, you'll get what you desire in good form.