This film follows the typical Rowan Atkins style of humour where he couples brilliant timing with bizarre actions. Some of the humour is unspoken but is nevertheless uproariously funny.
The film is in some sense a send up of French society with comment on their food, transport, holidays and entertainment. The script meanders from grey looking London to Paris, the French countryside and the French Riviera. There are stopovers to comment on French cooking with a visit to a Paris restaurant, French railways with an interrupted trip on the SNCF and life in a French provincial town. There are even scenes from the making a commercial involving WW2 German soldiers, maybe he was having a go at German culture as well!
The final scenes are on the Riviera at the Cannes Film Festival where wry comment is made about the style of the entries. The film ends with the popular French song “La mer” sung by Mr Bean and a crowd of people at the beach at Cannes.
If you like zany humour you will enjoy Mr Bean’s Holiday.
Rating: 9/10
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