Everybody’s favorite bumbling Brit boob is back in a final epic episode to the Mr. Bean adventure series (following 1997’s “”Bean””) – only this time, he’s armed with a video camera, 200 Euros and a train ticket for a holiday in Cannes. Bean, played by seasoned comic Rowan Atkinson, never misses a scene throughout the film even while holding virtually no dialogue beyond the occasional “”oui,”” “”non”” and “”gracias.””
But there is no need for speech, considering Bean’s role is beyond criticism – known for emphatic gestures of folly and a persona of few words, stodgy and dull moments are almost always pardoned from memory by eccentricities and physical idiosyncrasies. As with all of Bean’s typically endearing escapades, the familiar exploit-turned-fiasco formula applies itself tremendously to “”Mr. Bean’s Holiday.”” After killing time at the train station’s restaurant – enter patronizing maitre d’ and cue the British humor about French food – Bean steps out onto a fateful boarding platform, where he meets a Russian movie director and, of all people, his own kid. Through seemingly innocuous interaction and exchange, Bean ignites a chain of accidental events that leads him to unwittingly kidnap a child, lose his passport and all his money, busk for change in a French marketplace, participate in a World War II yogurt commercial, befriend an aspiring starlet and elicit a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. All that, and he still manages to ultimately enjoy his beachfront vacation. Aug. 24.