Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)

Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two come back together. On the way he discovers France, bicycling, and true love, among other things.

Director:

Steve Bendelack

Writers:

Rowan Atkinson (character), Richard Curtis (character)

Stars:

Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe, Steve Pemberton

2 nominations.

Cast

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
Luc Palun	...	Businessman On Train
Francois Touch	...	Busker Accordion
Philippe Cariou	...	Businessman On Train
Emma de Caunes	...	Sabine
Arsène Mosca	...	Traffic Controller (as Arsene Mosca)
Stéphane Debac	...	Traffic Controller
Willem Dafoe	...	Carson Clay
Philippe Spall	...	French Journalist
Jean Rochefort	...	Maitre'D
Karel Roden	...	Emil

Storyline

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...

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Plot Keywords:

lost passport | cannes | train | camcorder | director | 

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Taglines:

Disaster has a passport

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for brief mild language

Details

Country:

UK France Germany

Language:

English French Spanish Russian

Release Date:

24 August 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Les vacances de Mr. Bean

Filming Locations:

La Grande Arche de la Défense near Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£6,440,093 (UK) (30 March 2007)

Gross:

$32,553,210 (USA) (12 October 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Motion Picture Alpha Produktionsgesellschaft

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title is a reference to Les Vacances de M. Hulot (1953) (Mr Hulot's Holiday). Rowan Atkinson has in the past cited Hulot as an influence for Bean.

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Goofs

When Sabine falls asleep in the car, her head hits the centre of the steering wheel honking the horn. The horn on the model of Mini used is not usually in the centre of the steering wheel. Rather, it is on the end of the turn indicator. However the steering wheel is an after market wheel, the boss allows for the provision of the centre horn push. Given that the Steering wheel and sunroof are both after market additions and the seats have obviously been re-trimmed from their originals, it wouldn't be beyond the realms of possibility that a centre horn push had been added.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Vicar: Three-one. Thirty-one. And now to the first prize in today's raffle in aid of the "roof appeal." Thank you, Lily. Indeed. The magnificent holiday to the south of France, kindly sponsored by Dalesborough Travel Limited. So, thank you, guys. The winner of this prize will travel by Eurostar train to Paris, then catch the fast train south before spending the week on the beaches of the French Riviera. This fabulous prize also includes 200 euros spending money and, Barbara, this ...

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Crazy Credits

Although it doesn't really relate to anything in the movie, there is one final scene at the very end of the credits; We see Bean filming through his Video Camera and Writing Fin in the sand (which means "The End" in French) with a final look through the camera, the water comes up and washes the word anyway...just as the battery on the camera finally runs out...with the screen going black.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2015)

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Soundtracks

African Market Place
Written by Michel Estrade and Stefane Mellino
Performed by Les Buskers

User Reviews

Funny!

I don't understand the bad comments here. I saw the movie just now at a press screening in Bangkok. I did not expect much (because I read the negative comments yesterday), but it was very good! It's not rocket science, it's just another Mr. Bean movie. I even thought this one was better than the first one, especially in the second half of the movie. The end was a bit over the top, but that's only for the last two minutes, you will see why.

Willem Dafoe is also pretty funny as super ego movie director/actor and blends in well in the story with his 'replay' movie. Don't take life too serious and you will enjoy your time in the cinema watching Mr. Bean's Holiday!