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Tue, 14 Aug 2007
I've seen --- and liked --- snippets of Atkinson's work elsewhere (especially in the Rat Race, which is awesome). I watched the Mr. Bean movie on a flight and was hoping to like it, but was somewhat disappointed (I skipped the last 20 or so minutes). Maybe a mute actor channeling Charlie Chaplin still has a place in today's cinema but the repeated gags along the lines of mute-stupid-guy-does-stuff get old after a while. Perhaps Mr. Bean is best enjoyed in moderation, when he is only one of the funny characters and not the sole entertainer. |