- 8
...doesn?t rely on refried versions of Rowan Atkinson?s occasionally interminable TV skits, but rather feels like a complete and coherent film that just happens to star a gibbering loon.
—Luke Y. Thompson LA Weekly
- 7
As the clumsy, sometimes mischievous but mostly well-intentioned title character, Mr. Atkinson essentially plays a child (in grown-up attire), which is only proper, given the audience this movie is squarely directed at. Yes, there are subtitles involved, but so what? The kids at my screening loved it. Besides, at its heart, Atkinson?s movie, a huge hit overseas, speaks in an international language.
—Andy Webster New York Times
- 7
There is a guilty-pleasure quality to watching Atkinson at work even when Mr. Bean has overstayed his welcome.
—Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times
- 7
...Atkinson's goofball grotesquerie never lets up ? right through to the inspired finale, which could have been called A Day at the Cannes Film Festival.
—Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly
- 7
...is no Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, but preteens especially might enjoy it.
—Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor
- 7
...a light-hearted farce of welcome silliness.
—Tim Knight Reel
- 6
...a very cute movie.
—Amelie Gillette Onion AV Club
- 6
...light but rambunctiously amusing...
—Chris Cabin filmcritic.com
- 6
...for younger audiences, Mr. Bean's Holiday will be a pleasure, and of course, Bean addicts will, as always, be happy to see Atkinson's alter ego return to the big screen.
—Bill Zwecker Chicago Sun-Times
- 5
Kids are sure to enjoy the silly faces he makes en route to a French Riviera vacation, while the rest of us long for a time when there was more to him than mugging.
—Jason Lynch People
- 5
...international box office success aside, you wouldn't mind a less desperately scaled comic character running the show.
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
- 4
There are certainly some laughs to be had in Holiday (mostly of the ?so dumb it?s funny? variety), but not much else.
—Natalie Cuevas Premiere
- 4
...seems aimed at an elusive segment of the American audi ence: 5-year-old cinephiles.
—Lou Lumenick New York Post
- 3
...Mr. Bean simply delivers more of the same awful mugging and simplistic pratfalls that have endeared the character to absolutely no one I know.
—Nick Schager Slant Magazine
- 3
...witless, painfully unfunny...
—Maitland McDonagh TV Guide