Review of Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) by Timothy S — 27 Sep 2014

If you can say anything nice about Mr. Bean, comedian Rowan Atkinson's painfully unfunny alter-ego, it's that at least he does;t saturate the marketplace. When Ernest was in his prime, we could count on a new movie almost annually. But, "Mr. Bean's Holiday" is his first cinematic outing since 1998, and that's something we can all be thankful for.

This film is the new low point in a summer that was full of disappointing sequels and dumb action movies. It's obvious by the film's "G" Rating that the makers were aiming for the kids, which is a smart idea. There aren't a lot of adults out there who could stomach much of Bean's insufferable, unintelligible brand of alleged comedy. He basically comes off as a mental retard who babbles and bumbles his way through ninety minutes of mix-ups and misunderstandings.

There's not one laugh here, and the film drags on for an eternity. And in the great tradition of Max Von Sydow appearing in "Rush Hour 3", Willem DaFoe's inexplicably appears in this dreck as a ridiculous film director. Just for the record, he was once in "Platoon". His past exemplary work brings nothing to this sluggish, embarrassing and deathly dull film in which the plodding plot creeps along at a snail's pace.

"Mr. Bean's Holiday" is the cinematic equivalent of a dentist's visit. Ernest punished us more frequently, but Bean is even more unlikable. Not only in this terribly unfunny, I can't even begin to explain why this was supposed to be funny.