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The scene where Bean destroys the painting used to be so stressful to watch as a kid. It’s like everything that could go wrong does and then it just gets worse
@@abisnail4888 @DragonPhlegm I can relate to this too. I hated seeing that shot of the colours bubbling on the painting, and I haven't seen it again for at least 15 years until now, and I had that same creepy feeling during this whole review.
This was every cartoon as a kid for me. I'd want something different to happen every time I saw it. These were the days of TV and I didn't get to pick what I watched.
Mel Smith being the director is far from random. Mel and Rowen starred in a sketch show in the eighties called "Not the Nine O'Clock News" They have a long history together and seems fitting that he directed his first big budget movie.
Im guessing a lot of americans don't know that. It's funny as a brit in the US having to explain the comedy connections to my friends/fiancé's family. I had her watching comedy connections recently to explain the red dwarf/brittas empire connection.
This one is a bit more ambitious and works in the sense that you throw mr bean into real life per say. Holiday works because it’s structured and feels more like the old sketches.
Mr. Bean is an absolute legend with some of the greatest laugh out loud moments in film history. Only the great Rowen Atkinson could ever pull him off.
I was in Guangdong and I saw Chinese kids watching Mr. Bean on the street. The show's greatest strength is its universality, and writing a more elaborate narrative (like they did for the movie) really eats away at that
So true. Since the days of the old slapstick comedians like Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel and Hardy, there hasn't been a comedy character so universal - his humor is understandable through all cultures and societies because it works without language and the themes and situations are so universal everyone can relate.
It is amazing how this first outing just misses the mark by inches with me but then Mr Bean's Holiday knocks it out of the park. Hoping to see a review of that coming soon.
Unfortunately it was roasted by both critics and audiences just like this one. While it is better then the first movie it still wasn't enough. Perhaps Critic can see the good in it just like how he saw the good in Beethoven which suffered the same fate. I grew up with that movie and it was dubbed in albanian and I was glad that Critic enjoyed it when he reviewed it 3 months ago. I did watch this movie and the sequel when I was a kid with my older brother and I did enjoy them since me and my whole family love Mr. Bean.
I felt this movie was a fun introduction to Mr. Bean, at least for American audiences. I'm European, and I actually saw the film first, then the shorts as they were airing on TV when I was a kid. Really fond memories. Mr. Bean's Holiday is a blast too. Willem Dafoe is genuinely hilarious in it as well.
Mr. Bean was already known to a good portion of the American audiences. PBS used to play British sitcoms on Saturday night and Mr. Bean was a part of that lineup.
Fun Fact: *"BEAN"* in its International release has an alternate take of the Turkey scene where Mr. Bean doesn't get his head stuck and (after choosing the turkey over two frankfurters and a whole onion) they just shove it in the microwave with Bean (instead of David like in the American release) setting the timer to twenty minutes. Also, while Bean's citron Mini isn't seen in the final cut, it did appear in a deleted scene for the opening where Bean drove his Mini to work, but after getting stuck in a traffic jam, he literally drives it through Harrods and gets out the other way.
Yeah, I am from Germany and here, the scene with him having the turkey on the head was cut - maybe they felt that it was already too familiar to European audiences who already knew Bean.
Mr. Bean is one of the most iconic characters ever. And i love both of his movies, they each have their very unique tone to them and work very well for what they are supposed to be. Being an art historian i also love his speech for the painting at the end 😂
I have never watched an episode of Mr. Bean in my life, but I did watch and enjoy Blackadder. I remember telling classmates in high school about Blackadder, and it always went the same way: they'd say they never heard of it, I'd say it was a British comedy starring Rowan Atkinson, and they'd reply, "Oh, Mr. Bean!"
Quite something to boil it down to the biggest feature film you'd automatically know Smith from, and pretend THAT makes HIM a random character. It's just more of the American myopia that really makes you wonder if they've got it any better being aware of what's happening beyond their great iron curtain, than China. At least China is busy STOPPING Chinese people from sympathizing with foreigners, Americans don't seem to even begin. It's fertile ground to come up with the total war doctrine, but then call OTHER countries totalitarian.
The mr Bean shorts were very funny. They had Bean in a variety of independent situations. This randomness cotributed greatly to the comedy by not letting the audience know what was gonna happen next. The movie made some mistakes, not only by recycling some of the well known jokes, but by trying to link them toghether in a single story. Even THAT went out the window near the end. The single storyline killed the "unexpected" aspect of the original show and made the comedy fall flat here and there. Also, I agree that those silences were awful. I can almost see the director looking at me with a stupid grin, raising his eyebrows and going "Ah? Ah?". I'll stick to the shorts, even if that means no McNichol.
I agree that the scenes that were recycled from the show are really tedious. Not only did all Bean fans already know them, but the silence and lack of audience laughter really did those scenes no favor. It also shows another aspect that made the show work: It was shot like a sitcom with live audience and mostly had small setups that added to the comedy but the same setups just feel overblown on the big screen. The rest of the film however still is pretty good and funny imo
As someone who has grown up watching Mr.Bean this was such a lovely review and can tell the research went into it, it means alot as Bean is a national treasure and such a huge part of childhood
Fun Fact: The producers were initially looking for an unknown actor to play General Newton. But being a fan of Mr. Bean (1990), Burt Reynolds asked for a role, and was then cast to appear as Newton.
Mr.Bean in the mid 90s, was freaking huge here in germany. It was not dubbed over here, as the shorts never had much language, so the language barrier was never a problem. When the movie came out in 97, it became the second biggest box office success of 97 behind Men in Black. Mr.Bean is just timeless.
Fun fact regarding the distinct delivery of his speech, Rowan Atkinson has a stammer irl and his coping with that is thought to be why his consonants at the beginning of words are so strong. He has also stated that it seems to disappear when he plays a character and that it may have had an influence on why he chose/continued acting.
Monty Python's 'And Now For Something Completely Different' is much more that recreations of previous sketches. It was a mixture of existing sketches from the first series and new material that made it into the second. The whole concept was just to sell the show to American networks
In fairness, Mel Smith directing isn’t that random a fact, given that he and Atkinson were friends and co-starred in an influential sketch show from the 80s called Not the 9 O’Clock News.
A Behind the Scenes Fact: The filmmakers were surprised and somewhat disappointed when the MPAA gave the film a PG-13 rating in the U.S. The intention was to bring in family audiences. However some innuendoes and Bean's misunderstanding of finger gestures forced the MPAA to give the movie a PG-13. The filmmakers not wanting to alter anything settled for the rating but decided that all future Mr. Bean projects would have less risque content in the future so international audiences could enjoy the humor more. This is why Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) was toned down to a G rating 10 years later.
Erm have you even watched Mr Bean’s Holiday, firstly Mr Bean rings a guy who’s in a coffin, then a guy who jumps of a bridge and then kidnaps a child, wayyy worse…. 😂
@@CJFS00s Dark, morbid, or violent comedy is a completely different beast from sexually suggestive or raunchy comedy. Every culture has different standards regarding how much of what they think is suitable for children of certain ages, broadly.
Mad Pianos (the song that plays when he swaps the paintings) is so good I think that's part of the joke. Like, there's no reason for this bombastic orchestration but here it is.
I saw this in theaters. Had a blast ever since watching the skits from the show made their way to the big screen. The audience enjoyed the film and clapped at the end. Worth my time for me.
@@anubusx Speaking of Vigo, there is a video on here somewhere that someone edited to have Vigo replacing Whistler's Mother which is still hilarious when Peter MacNicol reacts to seeing Vigo.
I mean, the reason why Mr. Bean barely talks, and all of the comedy was slapstick, was also so people around the world could laugh from the comedy without needing to understand anything
I may be Irish but Watching this drunk is great. When he breaks into the museum it's such a great scene. The music, lighting and acting shows the effort put into the movie brings a tear to my eye.
1. Mr. Bean is a legend 2. The universal nature really is a huge part of why the character is still so popular and recognisable. Watching a character make a mountain out of a mole hill in everyday situations, all the while barely saying a word is extremely effective physical comedy 3. It really says a lot about Rowan Atkinson's acting chops when he's able to inject so much personality into a character with just his physical acting and facial expressions.
I absolutely LOVE Rowan Atkinson. Growing up I can't tell you how many times I watched and rewatched Black Adder in its entirety as well as his stand-up. He absolutely inspired my sense of humor to this day and I almost exploded when I found out he had a degree in chemical engineering (a degree I got, coincidentally). Mr. Bean tho... ehh
Used to watch the Double Feature DVD with Johnny English as an 8 year old kid 16 years back when they sold DVDs at checkout for $10. This film is my childhood. At one point, I watched this every day for like 6 months.
She is a great comedic actress - sadly she's really wasted here since she plays a female trope that couldn't be more 90s: The unlikable, arrogant, bickering wife that does little more than be annoyed from or roll her eyes at her husband's antics. Just like Jill from Home Improvement, only even worse. The worst 90s wife trope imaginable.
Oddly, this movie is where I was first introduced to the middle finger. I literally went to my mom and, showing her my middle finger, asked her what it meant. She just gasps and tells me to never do that again. Thank you, Rowan Atkinson, for teaching 10-year-old me the universal hand sign for 'Fuck you!' 🤣
When he did talk, however, it was always funny af. The way he says "Bean" in the hospital or when he says "Excuse me, I'm looking for my watch" to the magician always cracks me up.
This movie made mr bean a global phenomenon. He practically a british cultural icon. I've been across the world to hear people say in broken english "you from england? Ah mr bean, mr bean, very funny!" Was it a perfect movie? No, is it great? Absolutely!
Steve Martin auditioned for the role of David Langley. An earlier attempt at a Mr. Bean feature was initially set up at 20th Century Fox in Fall 1991; two remake shorts (Mr. Bean Goes to a Premiere and Mr. Bean Takes an Exam) were released from September of that year to gauge interest.
To be fair, when I saw this movie as a kid, I had never even heard of Mr. Bean, nor had any of my friends. It was a British show that I hadn't seen until years later on PBS, and then I was like "Oh hey, it's the guy from the movie". Back in the 90s when not everybody had cable and access to the BBC, I'm pretty sure this was a lot of people's introduction to the character.
It's so true that physical comedy always seems to be remembered more than clever witty genuinely hilarious writing. Like the UK Office, for all of its well written and hilarious dialogue, the first thing people remember about it is the David Brent dance.
Mr Bean is my favorite British comedy! Rowan Atkinson is hilarious, this movie was actually not too bad, I enjoyed it middle school because I was still watching PBS when Mr. Bean was airing!
I think Mr Bean’s Holiday is a far superior Bean movie because it’s got a unique story to it and the setting of a foreign country for Bean makes it stand out amongst the show and allows for more absurd jokes especially with Willem Defoe
In some versions the turkey stuffing scene is edited out and it goes straight to him putting it in the microwave. I love the freak out scene at seeing the painting- they could have gone the really cliché route of just having him fainting when looking at it, but the freak out is so much funnier!
The scene was cut from most non-US showings. Here in Germany, it was not included. Probably because Bean was such a big thing in Europe already, they probably thought it was unnecessary.
A bad thing about the family is that they really have no reason to hate Mr Bean. They hate the idea of him living with them before they even know who he is. And by the time they leave they have only met him in the living room. And already they go "Either Bean or we have to go". Oh and when they get back: The wife DIVORCE with Dave because of Mr Bean living with them for a short period of time. Put them on Dr Phil!
What I remember best about the Bean movie was actually not the film itself but a photo-book accompaniment to the movie. It was presented in-character as Mr. Bean's journal and scrapbook of his American holiday, but they put far much more effort into it than you would expect from a piece of children's merchandise - as well as taking you through the movie there were entire subplots of Mr. Bean arguing with his neighbours and clippings from newspapers, police reports ("Suspect Description: Indescribable, really. Sort of weird-looking") and other paraphernalia. My copy was lost decades ago and I've never been able to find another even online.
I am from Albania and I grew up with Mr. Bean. My introduction to the character was the cartoon from the early 2000s. I didn't even knew it was based on a live-action sitcom from England at the time. I did watch the latter and I loved it equally. Even my parents love Mr. Bean, including my older brother, my grandparents, my cousins and my aunt. I did watch this movie growing up also along with its sequel. There was also Johnny English which I watched with my brother which starred the same actor, Rowan Atkinson. I even watched the sequel but never the third movie. Judging by the critical and audience score they are apparently not very good. Nonetheless, Mr. Bean is one of the many memories of my childhood that I still cherish to this day even at the age of 23. Rowan Atkinson truly is a one of a kind actor and comedian. He doesn't just play Mr. Bean, he IS Mr. Bean.
I personally loved the Johnny English movies when I saw them in theaters. They're really fun satirical takes on the whole spy genre trope. He was also hilarious in Rat Race, even if he isn't the main star of the movie like with Mr. Bean and Johnny English. He is such an amazing comedian for sure, it's so transcendent to see him perform
@@gingerDoctorwho No. That's the first time I've heard. That's sounds absolutely ridiculous but seeing how this is Rowan Atkinson we're talking about I am sure he was able to make it work. I checked out it's Wikipedia page and it turns out it was a Doctor Who special made specifically for the Red Nose Day charity telethon in the United Kingdom. I assume it is meant as a parody of Doctor Who but Wikipedia never specifically says it.
I do just have to say that Mel Smith was a hugely respected comedian and writer in the UK, he and Atkinson were old friends from Not The Nine O Clock News (check out the Gerald the Gorilla sketch), so it isn't actually that random that he directed Bean.
The Mr. Bean TV Show is definitely one of my all-time favourites. I watched it before I learned to speak English, and even though it didn't get dubbed in German like most other foreign media, it worked perfectly. When it comes to movies, I strongly prefer the second one where he goes to France (by the way: in Germany the first Movie was actually called: "Bean: Der Ultimative Katastrophenfilm" based on the scrapped English title).
It not being dubbed in Germany was a blessing, because if it had been dubbed, we Germans would have messed it up as always and destroyed all comedy the original had. However, according to German Wikipedia, there was a German dub some years ago. I've never seen it and that's probably better so.
Truth be told, I loved this movie as a kid. I had never seen this character before, and thought it was a brilliant live action cartoon of sorts. Maybe I was just the right age at the right time, but I’m a sucker for expressive physical comedy
I saw this movie in theaters. Something I think was missing from the reused bits from the show was either them being shot differently or accompanying music.
Love Rowan Atkinson and he’s acting of Mr Bean. I remember enjoying the movie a lot when I was younger, haven’t seen it in ages, just got a lot of nostalgia.
It's good that Mr Bean's Holiday largely fixed the problems with the first movie with more original content and even the legacy skits had newer, more interesting framing and a soundtrack that wasn't expecting laughter as if it was entitled to it. Like, seriously, just put music over it! Charlie Chaplin figured this out in the 40s!
The reason why Bean the ultimate disaster movie works is because it follows all the typical traits of a Hollywood movie at the time, and it preys on a lot of the typical American movie traits and stereotypes which makes it funny how it throws a traditional English character into the mix. I'll admit I guess it's easier to see when you haven't grown up in America. I will also say the reused jokes such as the turkey on the head etc were cut from the European version because of those exact reasons, they've already been told, but I'm sure I read somewhere that they left them in as they tested better on American audiences.
Mel Smith's role in "The Princess Bride" was off the back of his fame in the UK for a satirical sketch show called "Not The Nine O'Clock News" which he did with Rowan Atkinson, so it's hardly random - they both broke through on the same show, before "Blackadder" was even conceived. If you want to see the two of them working off each other, search for "Gerald The Gorilla Sketch". And if you want a _really_ random fact, the interviewer in that Gorilla sketch is played by Billy Connolly's wife Pamela Stephenson, who he met while guesting on the show... you might recognise her from "Superman III" and "History Of The World: Part I" as well as the '84-'85 season of "Saturday Night Live", and she retired from acting to become a qualified and published psychologist.
Probably one of most memorable and funniest moment from this movie for me was Mr. Bean ruining the painting and his friend’s reaction to it. That alone is one of the funniest scenes from my childhood! And still is today! 😂
I think where the movie became more "Bean" like was indeed when he messed up the painting and found a solution to the problem, which was standard for each of the episodes. It's just unfortunate that it took time to get to that part. And by time, I mean lots of very dull moments with some very uninteresting characters (apart from Peter MacNicol who is amazing in this film!) and rehashed jokes. However, the part where Bean gives the family the "V" will always be mine and my Dad's favourite part of the film.
You’re watching this and comparing it to today. In 1997, Mr. Bean was not popular in the United States. It was more of a UK/Canada thing. When the movie was marketed, they said it was going to try and get the United States audience to know who Mr. Bean was. That’s why a lot of the gags from the TV show were reused in the movie. Now I’m sure a bunch of Americans are going to jump all over me and say they’ve known who Mr. Bean was their whole life and I’m just saying this, but in 1997 it was true. If you are American, and who Mr. Bean was in 1997, congratulations, you were in a very niche market at the time.
Mr. Bean Holiday was far superior, but this movie is still good. As a kid, nothing made me laugh harder than that scene in the 4D ride when Mr. Bean says something like "Be prepared"
Ngl, this is one of the comedies that defined my childhood. I first saw it at my first ever sleepover and I recited these jokes for years. I've lost count the number of times I've flipped somebody off whilst screaming farewell. One of my all time favourites.
Fun Fact: The Turkey Scene wasn’t in the UK Release of this film. And was replaced by Bean and David going through multiple things in the fridge and then after finding the Turkey Bean and David Stuff it in the Microwave
There weren't really any seasons of Mr. Bean as such. They just did an episode randomly whenever they felt like it between 1989 and 1995, followed by two feature films (in 1997 and 2007,) an animated series and various charity sketches and special appearances over the years.
I'm a Brit and I grew up watching Mr Bean. I only found out about the movie when it was on TV and I liked it but felt it was too American and trying too hard. Doug nailed it when he talks about the vomit bag scene. The show did it so well but the movie tried to go further with it and made it less funny. But honestly, that's mainly the beginning part where you're introduced to the family and the art gallery staff. The stuff from the painting up until the end is pretty damn good. Also Peter MacNicol is great in this film. He's probably the best part about it and the freakout is gold. Personally I have a soft spot for the sequel just because I was able to watch that at the cinema and I was fully obsessed with Mr Bean at the time. Also, I felt like having him in a foreign country where he didn't speak the language was a great way to avoid him having to talk too much
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Mr Bean is hilarious!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
I've heard of him, never actually watched him.
Film theory, he’s an alien, In the show who acts this way? AND HE EVEN STARTS IT OFF FALLING FROM THE SKY! But Hey, it’sJust a Film theory.
Honestly Mr. Bean is a comedy legend but the Mr. Bean Character is honestly odd! no wonder the film was funny
Hey Doug can you do a review of the Sonic the hedgehog movie that came out on February 14 2020 please.
The scene where Bean destroys the painting used to be so stressful to watch as a kid. It’s like everything that could go wrong does and then it just gets worse
As a kid I hated the whole movie just because I knew that scene would appear at some point. I still remember it being the first time I felt anxiety.
@@abisnail4888 @DragonPhlegm I can relate to this too. I hated seeing that shot of the colours bubbling on the painting, and I haven't seen it again for at least 15 years until now, and I had that same creepy feeling during this whole review.
This was every cartoon as a kid for me. I'd want something different to happen every time I saw it. These were the days of TV and I didn't get to pick what I watched.
Mr. Bean is the golden child of Murphy's law, anything that can go wrong, will go wrong
I dunno I thought it was hilarious at the tinder age of 4
Mel Smith being the director is far from random. Mel and Rowen starred in a sketch show in the eighties called "Not the Nine O'Clock News" They have a long history together and seems fitting that he directed his first big budget movie.
Im guessing a lot of americans don't know that. It's funny as a brit in the US having to explain the comedy connections to my friends/fiancé's family. I had her watching comedy connections recently to explain the red dwarf/brittas empire connection.
doug should give Not the nine o clock news a watch
*eating random*
Got any more random?
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Another Fun Fact: This is the most watched movie in Finland in 1997. Over 420,000 people saw it in theaters.
Why?
Seems like Finland needs to give the arts more attention
That is brilliant
Now because of my limited geographical knowledge, I'm going to assume that's *all of them* in the whole country
420,000? Cmon
My grandma never learnt english, and we rarely saw her laugh. But she did laugh at the original Bean series!
For some reason this just really hit me as like the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard.
This and the sequel, Mr. Bean’s Holiday, are great. I like to think of them as extended episodes of the show
Mr. Beans Holiday is my favorite movie of 2007.
Speaking of which, please review the sequel. It's one of my favourite movies of all time.
In my opinion Holiday is much better, and much closer to the show's spirit.
@@chasehedges6775 have you not watched Spider-Man 3 or Pirates 3 ?? oh wait they're not beloved, forgot-
@@Phantron Spider Man 3 and Pirates 3 At Worlds End are underrated, in my opinion
"Mr. Bean's Holiday" on the other hand is an absolutely fantastic movie!
I definetely agree with that
This one is a bit more ambitious and works in the sense that you throw mr bean into real life per say. Holiday works because it’s structured and feels more like the old sketches.
Vacation all I really wanted 🎶
@@donaldthescotishtwinright down to the fact Mr Bean forgets the plot and does sketches for 20 minuets around the middle of the film
It's the other way around
Mr. Bean is a national treasure! We must protect at all costs!
International treasure
But the nation is England😔
Correct we should steal the declaration of independence to make sure he is safe
Also he won a RUclips plaque.
BBC thought he died.😂
Mr. Bean is an absolute legend with some of the greatest laugh out loud moments in film history. Only the great Rowen Atkinson could ever pull him off.
Absolutely agreed.
A British national treasure.
Very true.
You can say that again.
A true icon.
Learning that Burt Reynolds, was a huge fan of Bean, is just, something I needed today.
We miss you Burt...
I was in Guangdong and I saw Chinese kids watching Mr. Bean on the street. The show's greatest strength is its universality, and writing a more elaborate narrative (like they did for the movie) really eats away at that
Oh Mr Bean is absolutely massive in China, Rowan even reprised the role for a Chinese movie
So true. Since the days of the old slapstick comedians like Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel and Hardy, there hasn't been a comedy character so universal - his humor is understandable through all cultures and societies because it works without language and the themes and situations are so universal everyone can relate.
@@mrcritical6751 He was in a very funny Snickers commercial : D
It really is astounding that a man known for his verbal eloquence would also be a fantastic mime and physical comic. The man truly is legendary.
Tremendously talented actor, and it's a shame that he's kind of embarrassed of playing Mr. Bean.
I'd be embarrassed acting like a simpleton if I was an erudite like him too.
It is amazing how this first outing just misses the mark by inches with me but then Mr Bean's Holiday knocks it out of the park. Hoping to see a review of that coming soon.
Unfortunately it was roasted by both critics and audiences just like this one. While it is better then the first movie it still wasn't enough. Perhaps Critic can see the good in it just like how he saw the good in Beethoven which suffered the same fate. I grew up with that movie and it was dubbed in albanian and I was glad that Critic enjoyed it when he reviewed it 3 months ago. I did watch this movie and the sequel when I was a kid with my older brother and I did enjoy them since me and my whole family love Mr. Bean.
@@arilumani6194 but everyone can still agree its good
@@arilumani6194I’m pretty sure he likes it, I remember in his top 11 Siskel and Ebert reviews he referenced it and seemed positive
I felt this movie was a fun introduction to Mr. Bean, at least for American audiences. I'm European, and I actually saw the film first, then the shorts as they were airing on TV when I was a kid. Really fond memories. Mr. Bean's Holiday is a blast too. Willem Dafoe is genuinely hilarious in it as well.
Fun Fact this was the first movie to gross 100 million before reaching America showing the love for Bean.
I saw Mr. Bean TV series on PBS before this movie was released in 1997. So my family and I were already familiar with the character of Mr, Bean.
Oh but American audiences (like me) were watching Mr. Bean on HBO 7 years before this movie came out.
Mr. Bean was already known to a good portion of the American audiences. PBS used to play British sitcoms on Saturday night and Mr. Bean was a part of that lineup.
You know, he’s something of a film maker himself… 😏
Fun Fact:
*"BEAN"* in its International release
has an alternate take of the Turkey
scene where Mr. Bean doesn't get
his head stuck and (after choosing
the turkey over two frankfurters
and a whole onion) they just shove it
in the microwave with Bean (instead
of David like in the American release)
setting the timer to twenty minutes.
Also, while Bean's citron Mini isn't
seen in the final cut, it did appear in a deleted scene for the opening where Bean drove his Mini to work, but after getting stuck in a traffic jam, he literally drives it through Harrods and gets out the other way.
Yeah, I am from Germany and here, the scene with him having the turkey on the head was cut - maybe they felt that it was already too familiar to European audiences who already knew Bean.
The music during the scene when he’s changing the painting is one of the most nostalgic memories of my childhood
Mr. Bean is one of the most iconic characters ever. And i love both of his movies, they each have their very unique tone to them and work very well for what they are supposed to be. Being an art historian i also love his speech for the painting at the end 😂
Honestly Mr. Bean is a Comedy Legend
I have never watched an episode of Mr. Bean in my life, but I did watch and enjoy Blackadder. I remember telling classmates in high school about Blackadder, and it always went the same way: they'd say they never heard of it, I'd say it was a British comedy starring Rowan Atkinson, and they'd reply, "Oh, Mr. Bean!"
and johnny english
Mel Smith was one of our finest comedians and his comedy sketches with Griff Reece Jones are well worth checking out
Quite something to boil it down to the biggest feature film you'd automatically know Smith from, and pretend THAT makes HIM a random character. It's just more of the American myopia that really makes you wonder if they've got it any better being aware of what's happening beyond their great iron curtain, than China.
At least China is busy STOPPING Chinese people from sympathizing with foreigners, Americans don't seem to even begin. It's fertile ground to come up with the total war doctrine, but then call OTHER countries totalitarian.
*Rhys. Not Reece
The mr Bean shorts were very funny. They had Bean in a variety of independent situations. This randomness cotributed greatly to the comedy by not letting the audience know what was gonna happen next. The movie made some mistakes, not only by recycling some of the well known jokes, but by trying to link them toghether in a single story. Even THAT went out the window near the end. The single storyline killed the "unexpected" aspect of the original show and made the comedy fall flat here and there.
Also, I agree that those silences were awful. I can almost see the director looking at me with a stupid grin, raising his eyebrows and going "Ah? Ah?".
I'll stick to the shorts, even if that means no McNichol.
I agree that the scenes that were recycled from the show are really tedious. Not only did all Bean fans already know them, but the silence and lack of audience laughter really did those scenes no favor. It also shows another aspect that made the show work: It was shot like a sitcom with live audience and mostly had small setups that added to the comedy but the same setups just feel overblown on the big screen. The rest of the film however still is pretty good and funny imo
Theres a reason why i can watch halfway through before getting bored
Mr Bean is a national treasure for us Brits 🇬🇧
Can you say your comment again but with an English accent
A lot of us Americans love him too!
National Treasure from this Canadian too. We're not that far off lol
Was the same in the 90s over here im Germany
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As someone who has grown up watching Mr.Bean this was such a lovely review and can tell the research went into it, it means alot as Bean is a national treasure and such a huge part of childhood
Fun Fact: The producers were initially looking for an unknown actor to play General Newton. But being a fan of Mr. Bean (1990), Burt Reynolds asked for a role, and was then cast to appear as Newton.
Cool fact. : D
Burt Fucking Reynolds...
He was perfect
Yup, he said that in the video.
Mr.Bean in the mid 90s, was freaking huge here in germany. It was not dubbed over here, as the shorts never had much language, so the language barrier was never a problem. When the movie came out in 97, it became the second biggest box office success of 97 behind Men in Black.
Mr.Bean is just timeless.
That's why it worked it was all visual
You are so right
I love this movie! Rowan Atkinson is such an international treasure!
Fun fact regarding the distinct delivery of his speech, Rowan Atkinson has a stammer irl and his coping with that is thought to be why his consonants at the beginning of words are so strong. He has also stated that it seems to disappear when he plays a character and that it may have had an influence on why he chose/continued acting.
Monty Python's 'And Now For Something Completely Different' is much more that recreations of previous sketches. It was a mixture of existing sketches from the first series and new material that made it into the second. The whole concept was just to sell the show to American networks
In fairness, Mel Smith directing isn’t that random a fact, given that he and Atkinson were friends and co-starred in an influential sketch show from the 80s called Not the 9 O’Clock News.
A Behind the Scenes Fact: The filmmakers were surprised and somewhat disappointed when the MPAA gave the film a PG-13 rating in the U.S. The intention was to bring in family audiences. However some innuendoes and Bean's misunderstanding of finger gestures forced the MPAA to give the movie a PG-13. The filmmakers not wanting to alter anything settled for the rating but decided that all future Mr. Bean projects would have less risque content in the future so international audiences could enjoy the humor more. This is why Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) was toned down to a G rating 10 years later.
The Americans can be very uptight sometimes. I don't really see how the 1997 Mister Bean movie is going to harm children but ok.
Erm have you even watched Mr Bean’s Holiday, firstly Mr Bean rings a guy who’s in a coffin, then a guy who jumps of a bridge and then kidnaps a child, wayyy worse…. 😂
@@CJFS00s Dark but G-rated and hilarious, as it should be.
@@CJFS00s Dark, morbid, or violent comedy is a completely different beast from sexually suggestive or raunchy comedy. Every culture has different standards regarding how much of what they think is suitable for children of certain ages, broadly.
To me the first movie feels like a hard PG and the second one makes sense as a G.
15:49 Remembering my time as a 9-year-old, that line is far from weird.
Mad Pianos (the song that plays when he swaps the paintings) is so good I think that's part of the joke. Like, there's no reason for this bombastic orchestration but here it is.
Mr Beans first epic theatrical outing
I saw this in theaters. Had a blast ever since watching the skits from the show made their way to the big screen. The audience enjoyed the film and clapped at the end. Worth my time for me.
Say what you like but the scene where Bean breaks into the museum is top notch and Peter Mcnicol freaking out is great. and the Cop is also Great.
The scene of Peter MacNicol freaking out is one the funniest things I've ever seen. Never fails to crack me up.
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Bean was scarier than Vigo.
@@anubusx Agreed. Poor Vigo just missed his kitten.
@@anubusx Speaking of Vigo, there is a video on here somewhere that someone edited to have Vigo replacing Whistler's Mother which is still hilarious when Peter MacNicol reacts to seeing Vigo.
@@davisjustin1313 Holly mother of Nazereth.
I loved Atkinson’s response about “selling out” by putting Bean in America: ‘it’s my character and I’ll do whatever the hell I want with it.’
Do you have a source for that quote?
I mean, the reason why Mr. Bean barely talks, and all of the comedy was slapstick, was also so people around the world could laugh from the comedy without needing to understand anything
@@sKid-gh9ub I was an interview he did on tv when it came out
As a British person who grew up with bean, this movie and the show are absolutely perfect to watch while drinking or even high
I may be Irish but Watching this drunk is great. When he breaks into the museum it's such a great scene. The music, lighting and acting shows the effort put into the movie brings a tear to my eye.
As an asian person who grew up watching Mr. Bean I adore this movie, its sequel and of course the show.
"Its good if youre high" is one of the most damning criticisms you can give a film
@@KotoCrashnot necessarily, you can easily get bored or distracted
of course you brittish lot want to be drunk or high for something like this.
1. Mr. Bean is a legend
2. The universal nature really is a huge part of why the character is still so popular and recognisable. Watching a character make a mountain out of a mole hill in everyday situations, all the while barely saying a word is extremely effective physical comedy
3. It really says a lot about Rowan Atkinson's acting chops when he's able to inject so much personality into a character with just his physical acting and facial expressions.
I absolutely LOVE Rowan Atkinson. Growing up I can't tell you how many times I watched and rewatched Black Adder in its entirety as well as his stand-up. He absolutely inspired my sense of humor to this day and I almost exploded when I found out he had a degree in chemical engineering (a degree I got, coincidentally). Mr. Bean tho... ehh
Used to watch the Double Feature DVD with Johnny English as an 8 year old kid 16 years back when they sold DVDs at checkout for $10. This film is my childhood. At one point, I watched this every day for like 6 months.
Agreed, Pamela Reed is criminally underrated. “You’re not so tough without yer car, are ya?” - from Kindergarten Cop
She is a great comedic actress - sadly she's really wasted here since she plays a female trope that couldn't be more 90s: The unlikable, arrogant, bickering wife that does little more than be annoyed from or roll her eyes at her husband's antics. Just like Jill from Home Improvement, only even worse. The worst 90s wife trope imaginable.
Oddly, this movie is where I was first introduced to the middle finger. I literally went to my mom and, showing her my middle finger, asked her what it meant. She just gasps and tells me to never do that again.
Thank you, Rowan Atkinson, for teaching 10-year-old me the universal hand sign for 'Fuck you!' 🤣
For me, it was Mrs. Doubtfire xD
Always loved the no dialogue comedy act
Really let’s the jokes speak for themselves 😂
When he did talk, however, it was always funny af. The way he says "Bean" in the hospital or when he says "Excuse me, I'm looking for my watch" to the magician always cracks me up.
This movie made mr bean a global phenomenon. He practically a british cultural icon. I've been across the world to hear people say in broken english "you from england? Ah mr bean, mr bean, very funny!"
Was it a perfect movie? No, is it great? Absolutely!
I'm from Brazil and I really loved Mr Bean as a kid. It is so wonderful how he made me laugh without speaking any words, free of any dub.
You know i'm pretty sure even Mr. Bean could make the Bat Credit Card feel normal
In all fairness, the vat credit card actually makes sense formo a plot perspective. It’s just that the context of the joke was the meme
Steve Martin auditioned for the role of David Langley.
An earlier attempt at a Mr. Bean feature was initially set up at 20th Century Fox in Fall 1991; two remake shorts (Mr. Bean Goes to a Premiere and Mr. Bean Takes an Exam) were released from September of that year to gauge interest.
To be fair, when I saw this movie as a kid, I had never even heard of Mr. Bean, nor had any of my friends. It was a British show that I hadn't seen until years later on PBS, and then I was like "Oh hey, it's the guy from the movie". Back in the 90s when not everybody had cable and access to the BBC, I'm pretty sure this was a lot of people's introduction to the character.
Rowen Atkins is probably the most brilliant comedic actor that ever lived.
Who's that?
He's the guy that plays Mr. Bean
@@cameronfoote513 He's referring to the misspelling of the name Rowan Atkinson.
It's so true that physical comedy always seems to be remembered more than clever witty genuinely hilarious writing. Like the UK Office, for all of its well written and hilarious dialogue, the first thing people remember about it is the David Brent dance.
Mr Bean is my favorite British comedy! Rowan Atkinson is hilarious, this movie was actually not too bad, I enjoyed it middle school because I was still watching PBS when Mr. Bean was airing!
The motion ride scene always used to kill me and my brother 😂
Rowan is an absolute gem.
Pete MacNicol is genuinely hilarious in this movie.
He's great in everything even when he's playing the straight man in this.
@@bobatlee353 Fun Fact: He played Doc Ock, in Spectacular Spider-Man, it sounds like he's doing a Peter Lorre impression.
@@orangeslash1667He was also the Mad Hatter in the Batman: Arkham games.
@@alijahaskew4644 yeah
I think Mr Bean’s Holiday is a far superior Bean movie because it’s got a unique story to it and the setting of a foreign country for Bean makes it stand out amongst the show and allows for more absurd jokes especially with Willem Defoe
In some versions the turkey stuffing scene is edited out and it goes straight to him putting it in the microwave.
I love the freak out scene at seeing the painting- they could have gone the really cliché route of just having him fainting when looking at it, but the freak out is so much funnier!
The scene was cut from most non-US showings. Here in Germany, it was not included. Probably because Bean was such a big thing in Europe already, they probably thought it was unnecessary.
A bad thing about the family is that they really have no reason to hate Mr Bean. They hate the idea of him living with them before they even know who he is. And by the time they leave they have only met him in the living room. And already they go "Either Bean or we have to go". Oh and when they get back: The wife DIVORCE with Dave because of Mr Bean living with them for a short period of time.
Put them on Dr Phil!
Mr bean is a national treasure
What I remember best about the Bean movie was actually not the film itself but a photo-book accompaniment to the movie. It was presented in-character as Mr. Bean's journal and scrapbook of his American holiday, but they put far much more effort into it than you would expect from a piece of children's merchandise - as well as taking you through the movie there were entire subplots of Mr. Bean arguing with his neighbours and clippings from newspapers, police reports ("Suspect Description: Indescribable, really. Sort of weird-looking") and other paraphernalia. My copy was lost decades ago and I've never been able to find another even online.
I am from Albania and I grew up with Mr. Bean. My introduction to the character was the cartoon from the early 2000s. I didn't even knew it was based on a live-action sitcom from England at the time. I did watch the latter and I loved it equally. Even my parents love Mr. Bean, including my older brother, my grandparents, my cousins and my aunt. I did watch this movie growing up also along with its sequel. There was also Johnny English which I watched with my brother which starred the same actor, Rowan Atkinson. I even watched the sequel but never the third movie. Judging by the critical and audience score they are apparently not very good. Nonetheless, Mr. Bean is one of the many memories of my childhood that I still cherish to this day even at the age of 23. Rowan Atkinson truly is a one of a kind actor and comedian. He doesn't just play Mr. Bean, he IS Mr. Bean.
I personally loved the Johnny English movies when I saw them in theaters. They're really fun satirical takes on the whole spy genre trope. He was also hilarious in Rat Race, even if he isn't the main star of the movie like with Mr. Bean and Johnny English. He is such an amazing comedian for sure, it's so transcendent to see him perform
Did you know he played The Doctor
@@gingerDoctorwho No. That's the first time I've heard. That's sounds absolutely ridiculous but seeing how this is Rowan Atkinson we're talking about I am sure he was able to make it work. I checked out it's Wikipedia page and it turns out it was a Doctor Who special made specifically for the Red Nose Day charity telethon in the United Kingdom. I assume it is meant as a parody of Doctor Who but Wikipedia never specifically says it.
I do just have to say that Mel Smith was a hugely respected comedian and writer in the UK, he and Atkinson were old friends from Not The Nine O Clock News (check out the Gerald the Gorilla sketch), so it isn't actually that random that he directed Bean.
This movie's pretty dumb, but Mr. Bean's Holiday is an absolute masterpiece, one of my favorites.
The Mr. Bean TV Show is definitely one of my all-time favourites. I watched it before I learned to speak English, and even though it didn't get dubbed in German like most other foreign media, it worked perfectly. When it comes to movies, I strongly prefer the second one where he goes to France (by the way: in Germany the first Movie was actually called: "Bean: Der Ultimative Katastrophenfilm" based on the scrapped English title).
It not being dubbed in Germany was a blessing, because if it had been dubbed, we Germans would have messed it up as always and destroyed all comedy the original had. However, according to German Wikipedia, there was a German dub some years ago. I've never seen it and that's probably better so.
Truth be told, I loved this movie as a kid. I had never seen this character before, and thought it was a brilliant live action cartoon of sorts. Maybe I was just the right age at the right time, but I’m a sucker for expressive physical comedy
I’d give him another 3 years before he reviews Mr Bean’s Holiday
Maybe 10 years to match the intervals between the two movies.
This movie deserves more love.
To be honest I loved this movie. Saw it in theaters as a kid and before then I'd barely seen any Mr. Bean shorts.
Your Burt Reynolds edit to this movie is the funniest scene of the entire movie. That would have been awesome!!
The main parts about the comedy of the film is dead pan awkward comedy. And it does it perfectly. I laugh everytime i watch this film entirely!
The best thing about this movie is the soundtrack tbh. For a comedy, the music's pretty epic.
I saw this movie in theaters. Something I think was missing from the reused bits from the show was either them being shot differently or accompanying music.
I've always wanted to see these movies as a kid.
I loved Bean the movie as a kid and it had a pretty good sound track from a boyband called BoyZone which were popular at the time.
Love Rowan Atkinson and he’s acting of Mr Bean. I remember enjoying the movie a lot when I was younger, haven’t seen it in ages, just got a lot of nostalgia.
It's good that Mr Bean's Holiday largely fixed the problems with the first movie with more original content and even the legacy skits had newer, more interesting framing and a soundtrack that wasn't expecting laughter as if it was entitled to it. Like, seriously, just put music over it! Charlie Chaplin figured this out in the 40s!
This film has something of a supplementary book called 'Mr Bean's Scrapbook' that features his thoughts and photographs he took
The movie actually released in Germany as "Der Ultimative Katastrophenfilm", which is a translation of the english alternative title.
Mr Bean is elite comedy. I like the sequel, Mr Beans Holiday just that bit more.
The reason why Bean the ultimate disaster movie works is because it follows all the typical traits of a Hollywood movie at the time, and it preys on a lot of the typical American movie traits and stereotypes which makes it funny how it throws a traditional English character into the mix.
I'll admit I guess it's easier to see when you haven't grown up in America.
I will also say the reused jokes such as the turkey on the head etc were cut from the European version because of those exact reasons, they've already been told, but I'm sure I read somewhere that they left them in as they tested better on American audiences.
Lowkey, we should get the crew doing ad reads more often 😂
Mel Smith's role in "The Princess Bride" was off the back of his fame in the UK for a satirical sketch show called "Not The Nine O'Clock News" which he did with Rowan Atkinson, so it's hardly random - they both broke through on the same show, before "Blackadder" was even conceived. If you want to see the two of them working off each other, search for "Gerald The Gorilla Sketch".
And if you want a _really_ random fact, the interviewer in that Gorilla sketch is played by Billy Connolly's wife Pamela Stephenson, who he met while guesting on the show... you might recognise her from "Superman III" and "History Of The World: Part I" as well as the '84-'85 season of "Saturday Night Live", and she retired from acting to become a qualified and published psychologist.
Ah yes, another review the Critic could have reviewed back in 2009
15:44 “You’re like 'Kramer vs. Kramer' WITH Kramer!”
Yea that pretty much sums up this movie LMAO😂
Tbh, knowing how well he talks, makes Mr Bean all the more funnier
Probably one of most memorable and funniest moment from this movie for me was Mr. Bean ruining the painting and his friend’s reaction to it. That alone is one of the funniest scenes from my childhood! And still is today! 😂
Mr Beans Holiday is a solid sequel too.
I think where the movie became more "Bean" like was indeed when he messed up the painting and found a solution to the problem, which was standard for each of the episodes. It's just unfortunate that it took time to get to that part. And by time, I mean lots of very dull moments with some very uninteresting characters (apart from Peter MacNicol who is amazing in this film!) and rehashed jokes. However, the part where Bean gives the family the "V" will always be mine and my Dad's favourite part of the film.
Man I loved Mr.Bean when I was a kid!
You’re watching this and comparing it to today. In 1997, Mr. Bean was not popular in the United States. It was more of a UK/Canada thing.
When the movie was marketed, they said it was going to try and get the United States audience to know who Mr. Bean was.
That’s why a lot of the gags from the TV show were reused in the movie.
Now I’m sure a bunch of Americans are going to jump all over me and say they’ve known who Mr. Bean was their whole life and I’m just saying this, but in 1997 it was true. If you are American, and who Mr. Bean was in 1997, congratulations, you were in a very niche market at the time.
I had a really rough day, and I don't care anything about Mr Bean but my gosh a Nostalgia Critic video is a lifesaver of distraction
Hope you're ok
@@mottdropsie doing a whole lot better now, thanks :>
The simulator scene is actually funnier with the Wilhelm Scream.
Since you're having trouble with Jim's name just call him the Sparkle Sparkle Guy.
Peter McNichol is an underrated gem. He steals the show in Dracula dead and loving it
10:57 I think that's apart a joke but it looks like Malcolm just didn't know he was in the ad until he got there
I loved this movie when I was a kid!! It’s a masterpiece! We must protect Rowan Atkinson at all cost!
You have a terribly low standard for entertainment if you think this crappy movie is a "masterpiece".
Mr. Bean Holiday was far superior, but this movie is still good. As a kid, nothing made me laugh harder than that scene in the 4D ride when Mr. Bean says something like "Be prepared"
mr beans holiday is by far best mr bean movie, its everything this movie wanted to be
YES
Teaming him up with foreigners helped, it meant they couldn’t rely on dialogue to communicate like in the show
Ngl, this is one of the comedies that defined my childhood. I first saw it at my first ever sleepover and I recited these jokes for years. I've lost count the number of times I've flipped somebody off whilst screaming farewell. One of my all time favourites.
I think what makes Mr. Bean such a great character is the simple nature of him it doesn't take much thought and you can just sit back and relax
Fun Fact: The Turkey Scene wasn’t in the UK Release of this film. And was replaced by Bean and David going through multiple things in the fridge and then after finding the Turkey Bean and David Stuff it in the Microwave
Even though Mr. Bean only lasted one season, you’d think that it lasted a bit longer.
There weren't really any seasons of Mr. Bean as such. They just did an episode randomly whenever they felt like it between 1989 and 1995, followed by two feature films (in 1997 and 2007,) an animated series and various charity sketches and special appearances over the years.
I'm a Brit and I grew up watching Mr Bean. I only found out about the movie when it was on TV and I liked it but felt it was too American and trying too hard. Doug nailed it when he talks about the vomit bag scene. The show did it so well but the movie tried to go further with it and made it less funny. But honestly, that's mainly the beginning part where you're introduced to the family and the art gallery staff. The stuff from the painting up until the end is pretty damn good. Also Peter MacNicol is great in this film. He's probably the best part about it and the freakout is gold. Personally I have a soft spot for the sequel just because I was able to watch that at the cinema and I was fully obsessed with Mr Bean at the time. Also, I felt like having him in a foreign country where he didn't speak the language was a great way to avoid him having to talk too much
I agree with you on the vomit bag scene even from seeing the trailer when I saw it in theaters and how it cut away before the bag "exploded"
Fun Fact: He played Doc Ock, in Spectacular Spider-Man, it sounds like he's doing a Peter Lorre impression.