Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Rowan Atkinson | ... | Mr. Bean | |
Steve Pemberton | ... | Vicar | |
Lily Atkinson | ... | Lily at the Stereo | |
Preston Nyman | ... | Boy with Train | |
Sharlit Deyzac | ... | Buffet Attendant | |
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Francois Touch | ... | Busker Accordion |
Emma de Caunes | ... | Sabine | |
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Arsène Mosca | ... | Traffic Controller (as Arsene Mosca) |
Stéphane Debac | ... | Traffic Controller (as Stephane Debac) | |
Willem Dafoe | ... | Carson Clay | |
Philippe Spall | ... | French Journalist | |
Jean Rochefort | ... | Maitre'D | |
Karel Roden | ... | Emil | |
Maxim Baldry | ... | Stepan (as Max Baldry) | |
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Pascal Jounier | ... | Tipsy Man |
Mr. Bean enters a church raffle and wins a vacation trip to France as well as a camcorder. After boarding a Eurostar train and arriving in Paris, the French language proves a barrier for Bean, as he struggles to get across the city to catch a train to the south of France from the Gare de Lyon. Taking time to order a meal, he finds the consumption of a seafood platter to be a challenge. Just before catching his train, he asks Emil, a Russian film director on his way to be a judge at the Cannes Film festival to use his camcorder to record his boarding, but accidentally causes Emil being left behind at the station. Bean attempts to cheer up the director's son Stepan as the train continues south but matters are made more hectic by the fact that Emil has reported his son to have been kidnapped and Bean losing his wallet and essential travel documents at a pay phone where he and Stepan attempt to contact Emil. Heading in the direction of Cannes, Bean finds himself in the cast and disrupting... Written by Brian Greenhalgh
After too long on our screens Mr. Bean returns but not in his usual way. Instead of crazy laughs per minute (as in Bean and the earlier Mr. Bean TV episodes), this is a road trip movie with some gaps in the action. There are laughs but some of the scenes are more clever than hysterical. Nothing however can take away from the joy of sharing in Mr. Bean's exploits as he tries to reach his simple goal, a holiday at the beach. Everyone left the film with huge smiles and several had tears of happiness (not tears of uncontrollable laughter). If you want to see a happiness inducing pick me up movie then this is one of the best around.