Hannah: Bean Gone Bad

October 1st, 2007

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I need to tell you about the worst film ever in history that you need to see so that we can discuss.

Before I get into it, let me preface this tirade by saying I am a massive Rowan Atkinson fan. Blackadder is pure genius - it defines true British comedy. And, I am not ashamed to admit, that I enjoy the odd Mr. Bean special at Christmas time after a few glasses of eggnog. So it was with happy anticipation that I hid myself away in an empty New York City theatre on a sweltering afternoon last week and watched the new Bean movie.

It was shockingly awful. The kind where you wish you had a cinema full of people so you could all look around with that “You HAVE to be KIDDING me” expression. It was boring and cheesy. Like a trite after-school special family friendly feel-good film. The music was UNFORGIVABLE and a whole other blog unto itself. And - don’t worry, this isn’t a spoiler, but rather a favour so you have a choice to flee - it ends with a big song number. And not a good one. But I encourage you to rent it. Watch it so we can discuss the hideousness of this film. The only part that was half decent is the street theatre scene where Rowan performs opera. But it isn’t funny. It is sad and moving. I would give it two thumbs down but this movie isn’t worthy of my thumbs.

Posted on Monday, October 1st, 2007 at 3:42 pm by Jodie E. and is filed under Celebrities & Pop Culture.

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