When you try to design a feature length movie around a character designed for sketches, it's usually near impossible to pull off very well.
Rowan Atkinson, a brilliant English comic, didn't quite pull off the impossible. That's not to say the movie is not good. It's fairly average overall. People who expect the laugh-a-minute pace of the TV series and his stand up will hate it.
Still, inside this long, drawn-out, boring story, lies many gems of comic brilliance. I don't want to give away what happens near the ending, since to say so will lay out some major spoilers. Suffice it to say if you rent this movie just to get to this scene, it's well worth it.
I'll give you a hint. If you decide to watch it and get bored, watch the scenes in the art gallery to get an idea of the plot, and get to about 20 minutes from the end and watch from there. The ending is pretty close to a 10.
Rowan Atkinson, a brilliant English comic, didn't quite pull off the impossible. That's not to say the movie is not good. It's fairly average overall. People who expect the laugh-a-minute pace of the TV series and his stand up will hate it.
Still, inside this long, drawn-out, boring story, lies many gems of comic brilliance. I don't want to give away what happens near the ending, since to say so will lay out some major spoilers. Suffice it to say if you rent this movie just to get to this scene, it's well worth it.
I'll give you a hint. If you decide to watch it and get bored, watch the scenes in the art gallery to get an idea of the plot, and get to about 20 minutes from the end and watch from there. The ending is pretty close to a 10.