I was at the dollar movie theater today, and the film in the movie I went to see broke, so I ducked out and caught the last half of Mr Bean's Holiday instead.
And was just delighted.
I've seen the whole movie before - I went with my aunt and a young cousin who loves Mr Bean - and liked it very much then, too.
The movie was clearly designed to be neither more nor less nor other than good fun & entertainment, and it delivers and delivers well. Of course people either love Mr Bean or hate Mr Bean. I'm kind of in the middle: I think he can be funny ... but more in small doses than big. But that's just me.
Back about the movie, it's a great Mr Bean flick that's fun from beginning to end. Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean is ... well, Mr Bean. Emma de Caunes' Sabine is just adorable, utterly captivating. The comic parody of pretentious film-makers in Willem Dafoe's Carson Clay and his Cannes film entry is to me just hilarious. The script is well-crafted and supports a storyline that is a small gem: in the grand Mr Bean tradition, he's off on holiday and everything that can go wrong goes wrong ... until the end, when everything that can go right goes right.
All in all, this is a good movie, full of fun ... Mr Bean fun. And that's not such a bad thing at all.
And was just delighted.
I've seen the whole movie before - I went with my aunt and a young cousin who loves Mr Bean - and liked it very much then, too.
The movie was clearly designed to be neither more nor less nor other than good fun & entertainment, and it delivers and delivers well. Of course people either love Mr Bean or hate Mr Bean. I'm kind of in the middle: I think he can be funny ... but more in small doses than big. But that's just me.
Back about the movie, it's a great Mr Bean flick that's fun from beginning to end. Rowan Atkinson's Mr Bean is ... well, Mr Bean. Emma de Caunes' Sabine is just adorable, utterly captivating. The comic parody of pretentious film-makers in Willem Dafoe's Carson Clay and his Cannes film entry is to me just hilarious. The script is well-crafted and supports a storyline that is a small gem: in the grand Mr Bean tradition, he's off on holiday and everything that can go wrong goes wrong ... until the end, when everything that can go right goes right.
All in all, this is a good movie, full of fun ... Mr Bean fun. And that's not such a bad thing at all.