Cannes of Bean

Here's what the Scotsman thinks of Mr. Bean and his holiday in Provence. Mind you, the Scots can get there in droves now.

"The film works on a predictable and puerile level that is unlikely to endear it to most critics, but there are moments when the silliness almost becomes sublime.

Atkinson's comedy skills are well deployed in a scene where a busking Bean improvises and mimes to a recording of 'Il Mio Bambino Caro', and one in which he takes desperate measures to remain awake while drifting towards sleep at the wheel of a car.

The best moments are saved for the end as Bean becomes the sensation of the Cannes Film Festival (all too easy to accept for anyone who has experienced that event). He finally heads to the sandy beach and piercing blue seas as the entire cast join him in an all-singing, all-dancing finale played to the sound of Charles Trenet's rousing rendition of 'La Mer'.

It may be easy to dismiss as simple-minded fun, but there is something about this latest Bean escapade that makes it sweetly endearing."

Comments

[meredith]

I will see this movie when it comes to the cinema it my little town. I am a diehard Bean fan. Now, I hope that doesn't shock you!

[barbara]

I enjoyed the movie but probably not as much as the two little kids sitting in front of me. They laughed loudly in all the right places.

[mymelange]

I love him, and I too will see it when it comes to my area..plus I can't resist the shots of the South of France!