In this movie we see the real world crash with Mr. Bean - ordinary Americans reacting to Mr. Bean's strange and funny ways. I think that was a wrong decision. Mr Bean is funny because he's out of the world, a character that you don't find in real life. What makes the show funny is Mr Bean himself, with minimal interaction with other people. The lack of dialogue gave the show a surreal feeling and made it watchable by international audiences. Removing these qualities from the movie and adding a bunch of unfunny scenes involving ordinary people made the movie suffer.
I wish this was more of a Charlie Chaplin style movie, but maybe that didn't make sense to the directors. Perhaps you can't scale up a 30-minute show to 1.5 hours and maintain the same structure. I didn't love this movie like I loved the show, and I don't think it would have been as successful if it wasn't for the show's fans. But I still give it 7 stars because Rowan Atkinson was usually excellent in his scenes.
I wish this was more of a Charlie Chaplin style movie, but maybe that didn't make sense to the directors. Perhaps you can't scale up a 30-minute show to 1.5 hours and maintain the same structure. I didn't love this movie like I loved the show, and I don't think it would have been as successful if it wasn't for the show's fans. But I still give it 7 stars because Rowan Atkinson was usually excellent in his scenes.