Mr. Bean

and his film

"Mr. Bean's Holiday" By Iryna Petrashchuk, Group 34-E

Under the general supervision of O.Zabolotnyi, Kyiv, “Naukova Zmina” Lycee, December 2007

General information about Rowan Atkinson

He was born on January 6, 1955. Atkinson first appeared on television in an entertaining show «Not the Nine O'Clock News».He became famous when he started to play in comic serials «Mr. Bean» and «Thin Blue Line Brought Him»He loves motor races. He is married and has two children.

Left: Here is Rowan Atkinson (not Mr. Bean) with his wife (Mr. Bean is not married).

The premiere of the sensational comedy "Mr. Bean's Holiday" took place in London on March, 25 this year. Rowan Atkinson arrived at this premiere. It’s unusual to see Mr. Bean looking this way! But it only looks like that: actually, in his real life he does not differ much from his hero… For Rowan Atkinson this may be the last busting comical role in a big film.

Right: It is hard to get out of the role.

Right: Mr. Bean dancing on the hood of his famous car.

Here are some funny stills from "Mr. Bean's Holiday" and the film’s story:

On his holiday Mr. Bean travels to the south of France, leaving vivid traces of his adventures everywhere. A comical poor fellow, Mr. Bean takes an amateur video film about his adventures on the way, which he later manages to show on the grand screen of the Cannes film festival.

Comments about the film and Mr. Bean

Many people say that it is an excellent and extremely funny comedy. However, they are sorry that it is supposed to be the last film of the Mr. Bean series.

GOOD BYE, MR. BEAN?

Why is Mr. Bean so funny?

Why people burst out laughing when they see him?

Spectators give different answers. There are several opinions:

1. Mr. Bean puts on faces.

2. Mr. Bean does stupid things.

3. Mr. Bean does nasty things.

4. Mr. Bean invents funny things.

5. Mr. Bean gets into funny situations.

Apparently, Mr. Bean does all those things, but that is not the point. He looks like an Englishman. He is dressed like an Englishman. He speaks English. He lives in England. But he does not behave like an Englishman.

That unexpected mismatch has a comical effect.

A stereotypical Englishman is well-bred and very reserved. He always wears his “stiff upper lip” and is definitely NOT supposed to show ANY emotions. Mr. Bean shows plenty of them! More, he emphasizes every bit of emotion to extreme exaggeration. He displays them bright, loud and clear. On top of that, he demonstrates every weakness, which everybody has. Normally, each of us can fight those negative features back, and control them. But not Mr. Bean! He always follows them: greed, envy, selfishness, cheating, irresponsibility, whatever. He does what each of us thinks is worth doing (somewhere there in the deep, dark and filthy bottom of our souls, well cleaned up sometime between the junior and high school) but does not dare to let those little monsters out of control. Mr. Bean behaves like a naughty schoolboy. Of course we laugh!