There’s something perfect about watching Rowan Atkinson bumble through life with terrible timing and dumb choices, like on Man vs. Baby. Which is why this Christmas, Netflix is bringing that energy with this four-episode holiday special that has Atkinson back as Trevor Bingley (the lead from Man vs. Bee) and throws him into house-sitting a fancy London penthouse with an abandoned baby along for the ride on Man vs. Baby.Does this idea make you picture Mr. Bean wearing a turkey and just generally being a disaster around Christmas? Well, same here. Man vs. Baby is basically made for people who loved Atkinson's silent comedy and have been waiting for Netflix to give us the gift of a (sort of) Mr. Bean Christmas.What did Rowan Atkinson say about Man vs. Baby?Trevor Bingley isn't Mr. Bean, and Rowan Atkinson makes sure everyone knows it. At the London premiere, the actor called Trevor "likely the nicest person" he's ever played, and he is totally different from his other roles. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostHe then roasted Mr. Bean as "a selfish, self-serving, anarchic child," described Blackadder as "sarcastic and sardonic," and said Johnny English is "a sort of vain, sort of charmless." The funniest part is that Atkinson admitted he loves playing Mr Bean but would never be friends with someone like that!That distinction matters because Man vs. Baby only works as, after all, Trevor isn't heartless. He is just clueless and out of luck. Fresh off a divorce, he is now jobless and staring at his daughter's university fee. So Trevor jumps at the gig that pays £10K to house sit a billionaire's London penthouse over Christmas. But there's a baby in this posh setting. He got the infant from the school where he had just been fired, and the baby played Jesus in the school play. And it wasn't even the child who was supposed to actually show up!RELATED: Man vs. Baby director addresses AI rumors and details how the infant scenes were createdWhat follows is Atkinson turning tiny messes into chaos by not giving up. He is dragging a baby through grocery shopping, after bringing that same baby to a job that pays as well as it has responsibilities attached to it. Yes, it's peak slapstick, but deep down, Trevor means well, as you'll see. What is Netflix's Man vs. Baby about? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostWritten by Atkinson and Will Davies and directed by David Kerr (the same minds behind Man vs. Bee), Man vs. Baby gets why this formula clicks. The jokes are about watching the train wreck you know is coming. And honestly, that’s what makes it so fun. A Letterboxd user called it "ragebait," and yeah, we get that too, as we basically feel the lead's frustration through the screen. The supporting cast (Robert Bathurst, Nina Sosanya, and Susannah Fielding) orbit around Trevor as they watch his holiday spiral with varying levels of side-eyes. And London ends up being part of the gag, with all its penthouses and surfaces becoming the perfect setting for Mr. Bean-level slapstick.The show has a ton of comedy, but underneath that, it's really about financial issues, feeling like a bad parent, and the humiliations that come with barely keeping your head above water around the holidays. Like that homeless couple scrambling to find a place, or workers stuck on the job on Christmas, just wanting to get home. There's also an ageing tenant getting kicked out. Everyone could use a break, and Trevor’s happy to dish out kindness alongside his antics. It’s still stupidly funny, but there’s a heart to its ending.Man vs. Baby is streaming now on Netflix.