Man vs Bee review – Rowan Atkinson channels Bean and Baldrick in his new slapstick sitcom

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The actor is at his comic best as an accident-prone housesitter who goes on a rage spree and destroys a high-tech home in an epic battleRowan Atkinson’s latest comedy bristles with life lessons. You cannot hope to trap a bee in a grand piano. Bees, as we know, are already endangered, so don’t microwave them.Should you find yourself in a mercy dash to the vet with a comatose dog, don’t get distracted and remove your shoe to swat a bee inside the car. If you have managed to destroy a Mondrian while trying to hammer a bee, repainting the red patch with tomato sauce won’t fool anyone; same goes for using old CDs and triangles you’ve cut from roller blinds to restore a Kandinsky mobile you hit with a tennis racket. Continue reading...

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