
Mr. Bean enters a church raffle and wins a vacation trip to France as well as a camcorder. After boarding a Eurostar train and arriving in Paris, the French language proves a barrier for Bean, as he struggles to get across the city to catch a train to the south of France from the Gare de Lyon. Taking time to order a meal, he finds the consumption of a seafood platter to be a challenge. Just before catching his train, he asks Emil, a Russian film director on his way to be a ju... (Full plot summary below)
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Mr. Bean enters a church raffle and wins a vacation trip to France as well as a camcorder. After boarding a Eurostar train and arriving in Paris, the French language proves a barrier for Bean, as he struggles to get across the city to catch a train to the south of France from the Gare de Lyon. Taking time to order a meal, he finds the consumption of a seafood platter to be a challenge. Just before catching his train, he asks Emil, a Russian film director on his way to be a judge at the Cannes Film festival to use his camcorder to record his boarding, but accidentally causes Emil being left behind at the station. Bean attempts to cheer up the director's son Stepan as the train continues south but matters are made more hectic by the fact that Emil has reported his son to have been kidnapped and Bean losing his wallet and essential travel documents at a pay phone where he and Stepan attempt to contact Emil. Heading in the direction of Cannes, Bean finds himself in the cast and disrupting the flow of a commercial being shot by the egotistical director Carson Clay. He and Stepan finally hitch a ride with the young and vivacious actress Sabine who is heading to Cannes to attend the premiere of Clay's film, in which she appears. After Bean sneaks into the showing, his camcorder images are destined to enliven the proceedings.
Leave your thoughts about Mr. Bean's Holiday.
| Movie HabitMarty MapesExcellent entertainment, and for fans of the show, it's absolutely essential |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekGiven its sense of quiet and penchant for harmless slapstick, a breath of fresh air in today's sea of raunchy, foul-mouthed sex comedies. |
| Movie MomNell MinowAs a character who doesn't play on your sympathies, Bean somehow seems less tiresome, less demanding, less of a nuisance. |
| The Tyee (British Columbia)Dorothy WoodendMr. Bean's Holiday is not a great film, it has its moments, but it offers an odd type of comfort. |
| Seattle TimesTed FryThe trifling delights of Mr. Bean's Holiday come to a thundering crescendo during the movie's last 10 minutes in a sequence which almost reaches the enchanting heights of Monsieur Hulot's Holiday. |
| Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniA former Bean hater, I've been converted by Holiday, Atkinson's second, and far superior film version of his TV hit. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunMostly, Bean mugs and grunts for the camera, and very quickly it all wears thin. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongA refreshingly blunt reminder of the simple roots of comedy in these grim, overly manufactured times. |
| Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanThe movie gets full marks for earning its G rating: no violence, no cursing, no sex or nudity, no drugs, not even a rogue cigarette blotting the landscape. It's easier to achieve this rating when your hero barely speaks and has little consciousness of the adult world, but "Holiday" proves it can be done-and should be more often. |
| Film Journal InternationalRex RobertsAmusing, yet not what we expect, or want, in a Bean comedy. |