Bean: The Movie

MPAA Rating

PG-13

Theatrical Release Date

Nov 06, 1997

Genre(s)

• Slapstick
• Assumed Identity
• Nothing Goes Right
• Accidental Heroes
• Unlikely Heroes
• Screwball Comedy

Rating (Stars)

Description

Translating Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean character from British television to the big screen takes a bit of a toll, but there are some hilarious sequences in this popular comedy. Bean, a boy-man twit with a knack for getting into difficult binds (and then making them worse and worse and worse), is a London museum guard who is sent to Los Angeles in the company of the famous painting Whistler's Mother. He's mistaken as an art expert by the well-meaning curator (Peter MacNicol) of an L.A. museum, but Bean's famously eccentric behavior soon causes the poor guy to almost lose his family and job. The insularity of Bean's TV world is sacrificed in this film, and that change diminishes some of the character's appeal. But Atkinson is a man naturally full of comedy, and he doesn't let his fans down. --Tom Keogh

Director

Mel Smith

Stars

• Rowan Atkinson
• Janni Brenn
• June Brown
• Peter Capaldi
• David Doty

Running Time

91 minutes

Original Price

$14.98

Current Value

$8.56

DVD Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video
• Widescreen
• NTSC
• 1.33:1