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Mr. Bean's Holiday (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD] | ![Mr. Bean's Holiday (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-JhNtAaJL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Steve Bendelack
Actors: Rowan Atkinson, Steve Pemberton, Lily Atkinson, Preston Nyman, Sharlit Deyzac
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  78 reviews
Sales Rank: 30173
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: HD DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 90
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: 61102737
UPC: 025195020893
EAN: 0025195020893
ASIN: B000WOQKDA
Theatrical Release Date: August 24, 2007
Release Date: November 27, 2007
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Welcome back, Mr. Bean! After a too-long hiatus, it's a breath of fresh air to see you out and about, innocent as ever, unwitting in the havoc you wreak and clueless in the chaos you cause. In Mr. Bean's Holiday (the title echoes Jacques Tati's breezy 1953 classic Mr. Hulot's Holiday), the resourceful man-child Bean (Rowan Atkinson) wins a church raffle that packs him off to the beaches of the south of France. But getting there is all the funny, as he is detoured by one mishap after another. En route, he comes to the "aid" of a Cannes Film Festival judge's young son, who is separated (no thanks to Bean) from his father at the train station. Bean also stumbles upon a commercial shoot directed by a stereotypical egomaniacal American filmmaker (Willem Dafoe), and crosses paths with an aspiring actress (a charming Emma de Caunes) also on her way to Cannes. Mr. Bean's Holiday, an upgrade over the 1997 feature Bean, was a box-office smash around the world, but in the States, not so much. Here, the shock gag has replaced the sight gag, and this G-rated Holiday might be considered by more jaded viewers as out of step with contemporary tastes (unlike Borat, there is not a mean-spirited bone in Bean's gangly, malleable body). But in the classic tradition of the silent-movie clowns, Bean's visual comedy is universal and requires little translation (there are limited subtitles in this film). Younger children will find a kindred spirit in Bean, who exists in some kind of state of grace, whether trying to digest a disgusting seafood dinner or hilariously lip-syncing to an opera in a public square. --Donald Liebenson
Product Description
Rowan Atkinson (Bean Love Actually Johnny English) returns to his iconic role as the comical and endearing Mr. Bean in this outrageous comedy adventure! Mr. Bean (Atkinson) can't believe his luck when he wins a camcorder and an all-expense-paid vacation to the French Riviera. But during his train journey to the south of France he falls face first into a series of mishaps and fortunate coincidences all of which are caught on camera and far-fetched enough to ensure his own makeshift entry into the Cannes Film Festival! Mr. Bean's Holiday is "an irresistible comedy for the whole family!" (Shawn Edwards FOX-TV)System Requirements:Running Time: 90 MinsFormat: DVD HD Genre: COMEDY/SLAPSTICK Rating: G UPC: 025195020893 Manufacturer No: 61102737
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 Deeper than you think June 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I truly enjoyed watching this film. Having studied a number of foreign languages, I could understand almost all of the dialogue, and the use of different languages gave a lovely multicultural breadth. The beautiful scenery added even more richness.
The casting I felt was particularly good. You've got to have ordinary people whom Mr. Bean can play off of. All of the characters were believable, especially the movie director and the young boy. The young actress was too good to be true! What a beautiful role she played!
Mr. Atkinson takes his work as a communicator very seriously, and the humor is only part of the equation. For example, the lost bus ticket; what does it mean? Is it merely a means to get him running after a chicken? No. I believe it represents the typically puny way we as human beings try to determine our existence, instead of trusting God to introduce us to the Sabines of this world and line up the bus roofs for us to walk on to the beach.
So, for the many who underappreciate this film, I would encourage them to watch it again, and purposefully look beyond the childishness. The English tend to be quite subtle about things, and we Americans miss a lot more than we realize.
 After This Film, Maybe He Should "Speak Up" A Little More... June 22, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Meh. I found Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean somewhat entertaining on the BBC (aired for me on PBS) in the early 90's, and even found the first film "Bean" with a few chuckles, but the silent well's run dry here. In it, Bean wins a contest to go to the Cannes Film Festival, yet only wants to go for the beach (?). Of course he goes on his usual unapoligetic destructive path and loses his tickets, way, and you know how it usually goes from there. But as with other road-movies, this one just seemed to go nowhere. And what bet did Willem Dafoe lose to have to appear in this one? Man, talk about career slumming, even though his character's movie-within-a-movie bit was a tad interesting (yet not funny either).
Another "watched off the TiVo" expierence. And with the delete button, it now feels relieved.
Mr. Bean June 16, 2008
This was a gift for my brother who just loves to watch this man! Very funny
Mr. Bean Is Not Lost In Translation June 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Last fall I was on an airplane on a 12 hr flight from Hong Kong. This was one of the movies playing. There were quite a few Chinese students on the plane. It was amazing how this little Englishman had those people nearly falling out of their seats laughing. Two Chinese men sitting beside me were nearly crying from laughter.
I have to say this comedy was far better than the American crap I had to watch going over (License to Wed, Evan Almighty, Knocked up. )I didn't hear any out loud laughter from any of those.
The great thing about Mr. Bean movies is the subtlety (sometimes) of the comedy. Mr. Bean is a one-man demolition derby whose actions start a cascade of destruction and chaos that he himself is completely OBLIVIOUS to! (And when Mr. Bean gets near vehicles with motors, WATCH OUT!)
As in the opening scenes where he spills coffee into a sleeping train passenger's PC and the person in the other seat gets blamed and a huge fight ensues off the train in which cops are running in from each direction. Mr. Bean has no idea what he's started.
The other hilarious scene was when he was locked in the little outhouse building on the side of the road. The only way to get out is to get hit by a truck. This was not shown. He carried the building out of scene onto the highway. You hear a huge truck's horn, then a tremendous crash, wood flying. Leaving it to our imaginations was far funnier than seeing the explosion. Atkinson's comedic secret is he gets into little stupid things that we ourselves get into, but hope no one's around to see it. There's no projectile vomiting or extreme toilet humor that American comedy writers (I use that term loosely) stoop to incessantly.
However, I wish there'd been more scenes like this. I hope Atkinson sticks to Mr. Bean and makes another movie, but please, MORE very clever sight gags like the two above.
Instant classic June 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rowan Atkinson had made a genius tribute to Jacques Tati. This film is howlingly funny and manages to poke fun at the filmmaking community as well. There are immortal sequences--Mr. Bean's lunch at a seafood restaurant, Mr Bean begging with a boom box, Willem Dafoe's rendition of a narcissistic film director. I never quite warmed to the Mr, Bean character previously although I absolutely adore Atkinson as the hapless BlackAdder. This is a great movie and it can be thoroughly enjoyed by children as well as film sophisticates.
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