![]() ![]() Top-notch direction by Steve Bendelack of The League of Gentlemen fame.The climactic scene where Bean hijacks the Cannes premiere of Carson Clay's film and replaces it with footage from his camcorder - which syncs up with the original dialogue.Plus, Spain and France are next to each other and are both members of the European Union, so. Little did it know that the French and the Spaniards were once part of the Roman Empire and they have a little bit in common. When a waiter says to Bean that he's very good at French, he replies "Gracias!", which means "Thank you" in Spanish.Bean uses this as an opportunity to hijack it, but fails miserably. When the driver gets off to fix the bike, Mr. Bean attempting to hitchhike an elderly man's VeloSolex scooter to Cannes, only for his weight to make it harder for the bike to transport both him and the driver.Bean horsing around on a film set whilst dressed up as a Nazi soldier.The just-as-famous scene where Bean chases a chicken on a truck via bicycle in order to retrieve his bus ticket. ![]() The running gag involving Bean calling random numbers in order to find Stepan's father.The famous "O mio babbino caro" dance scene involving Mr.The film even establishes some continuity with the original TV series, such as Bean's hatred of raw seafood when dining at the French restaurant which is brought in as the result of eating bad oysters from the episode "Mr Bean in Room 426".Rowan Atkinson's performance as the title character is still as great as in the TV series same goes for Willem Dafoe as the narcissistic filmmaker Carson Clay and Emma de Caunes as Sabine, the French actress whom Bean befriends.While the first film's humor was edgier and more family-unfriendlier (to the point of the film getting a PG-13 rating) than in the TV series, the humor here is toned down and reverted back to the humor style of the TV series, up to the point of getting a family-friendlier G-rating.Much like the TV series, the film's gags are cleverly written and very funny to the point of them working very well, with some of them being reminiscent of famous French director and mime Jacques Tati.Bean rarely speaks here, much like in the TV series. The movie has a much better grasp on the source material than the previous film, as Mr.Once there, he unknowingly separates a father-son duo and then decides to reunite them. Bean wins a holiday in France and sets out on his journey. ![]()
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