Suzanne Condie Lambert of "The Arizona Republic" wrote, "Atkinson is a gifted physical comedian. And the film is a rarity: a kid-friendly movie that was clearly not produced as a vehicle for selling toys and video games", but also said that "It's hard to laugh at a character I'm 95 percent sure is autistic." Lawrence Toppman of "The Charlotte Observer" gave the film 2½ stars out of 4 and said "If you like character, you will certainly like "Mr. Bean's Holiday," a 10-years-later sequel to "Bean." I found him intermittently funny yet almost unrelentingly creepy", and also "Atkinson doesn't have the deadpan elegance of a Buster Keaton or the wry, gentle physicality of a Jacques Tati (whose "Mr. Hulot's Holiday" inspired the title). He's funniest when mugging shamelessly..."