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 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:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 23831
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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| Customer Reviews:
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.
 TAKE CHAPLIN, PEE WEE HERMAN AND JERRI BLANK AND YOU GOT......... BEANS! June 9, 2008
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
Mr. Bean is a very strange character and right away I was thinking.....what do you get when you take an English Pee Wee Herman crossed with Charlie Chaplin and then throw in a little of Jerri Blank(Strangers with Candy)?.....Mr. Beans!....that's who! This movie while funny is a bit too much "Beans" for me and I believe he is better in small doses. It's hard to believe the rave reviews of this film!?? It's not bad, but 5 stars?......is really pushing it. It's a funny little family film, nothing more. I rate it 2 1/2 stars for having a quirky little guy who doesn't add up to much more than a hill of ......Beans!
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Perfect Comedy May 16, 2008
I am not a Mr. Bean's Fan. But this movie is irresistible. Funny, entertaining, and original. It is about Mr. Bean's efforts to get to his destination for a holiday. Of course nothing goes well. Except the comedy.
The Ultimate Bean May 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For Mr. Bean fans, this is the ultimate Bean movie. As usual, Mr. Bean's lack of what society would call appropriate responses to life's foibles earns him the respect of the most unlikely of characters and lands him in clover by the end of the film. Some of the situations he is faced with, and his reactions and plans to fix things are just too funny. And of course, there is Mr. Bean's enchanting childlike forge-ahead with a happy heart aura. There is one scene in the middle of the movie that is worth the entire BEAN!! I cannot give this away as it would ruin it, but suffice it to say it takes place in a marketplace and involves street theatre. When I saw this movie in the theatrical release, this scene alone almost made me wet my pants - and I wasn't alone. Willem DeFoe does a wonderful turn at satirizing the whole Cannes festival cachet. And Rowan Atkinson entrenches himself even more firmly as one of today's most gifted comedians/actors. This is a classic! Don't miss it.
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