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SYNOPSIS:
Mr Bean is heading to the south of France for a simple holiday
in the sun. His voyage from London to the Riviera soon transcends
into one of mischief and mayhem! Mr Bean inadvertently creates
havoc wherever he goes. This culminates in an unscheduled
and riotous screening of his own video diary at the Cannes
Film Festival.
MOVIE
REVIEW
Basically,
you need to disappear from the surface of the earth for the
last decade or so to avoid knowing a character called “Mr
Bean”.
Created
and starring one of Britain’s most established comic
and stage actor, Rowan Atkinson, Bean to sum up is a neurotic,
nutty, monosyllabic personnel who possess a rubbery face (comparable
to Jim Carrey) and frequently gets himself into funny situations.
In this
second movie outing, Mr Bean won himself a ticket to the lovely
beaches of France. Of course the journey there is not simply
accomplished by just a train ride or else this movie won’t
be able to last for 80 minutes.
For fans
of the “Mr Bean” television series, you won’t
be left out of this movie. Seeing him fumble over his lost
passport and tickets still bring on the chuckles. The antics
are familiar of course but fortunately not to the extent of
stale.
More surprisingly,
the cinematography of France is breath taking and excellently
well captured. And the inclusion of French actress Emma Decaunes
is a nice piece of eye-candy.
And
Willem “Green Goblin” Dafoe as a self-absorbed
filmmaker Carson Clay is a great humourous take on the glamourous
world of the Cannes Festival.
It’s wholesome family fun; if you can’t afford
a ticket to France or Cannes, go indulge in all the silliness
with Bean.
SPECIAL FEATURES :
Over 20 minutes of deleted scenes are
included on this DVD. Including the one in the trailer where
Bean spilled his coffee on a passenger’s laptop. Not
all the scenes are hilarious some to the point of tedious,
which explains why we have a deleted scenes section.
The French Bean consists of the usual cast-and-crew
interview. We can now visualise why Mr Bean is so popular
because according to the boy actor who played Stepan, a busload
of passing-by Chinese tourists keep chanting “Mr Bean
Mr Bean” while they were on-location in France.
The filmmakers went to the extent of shooting footages during
the real prestigious Cannes Film Festival and they show it
here in Bean In Cannes.
The Human Bean is a short featurette that
touches on the magnificent Rowan Atkinson.
AUDIO/VISUAL:
The ambience sound effects such as traffic, raindrops, passing
trains and a minor explosion etc have a better and louder
range than the dialogue. Well, you can’t really blame
the technicians because Bean is meant to have minimal linguistic
knowledge. It serves well in this aspect.
The
lush cinematography is wonderfully transferred on this DVD.
Colours are rich and natural throughout. The countryside of
France never look so good before. The tourism board of France
should issue a merit award to the filmmakers.
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by Linus Tee
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