Alicia I love this movie so much

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

DCfan AS usual this is a very funny movie of Mr Bean. I like how smartly the character was portrayed in the film like when he went to fix the portrait during the night. The best scene is when Mr Bean gives random people the middle finger without knowing what it means.The acting of both Rowan Atkinson and Peter McNicol was good.My overall score 9/10

vladteodorescu-19758 One movie that we all love is for sure "Bean". When it first appeared on the big screens, in 1997, it was a instant box office hit. Directed by Mel Smith, the comedy was awarded twice in the year of the release: it won Bogey Awards and the Golden Screen, in Germany.The plot is introduced by Mr. Bean being fired from the London Gallery, where he worked as a caretaker, and sent to Los Angeles to work for a smaller art gallery. There he is given the responsibility to look after and protect a very important masterpiece. As the character is single handed, he somehow manages to spill a paint thinner on the piece and ruins it. He tries to repair the damage, but has no luck. Funny as always, Rowan Atkinson's acting is put to the test in riveting situations and his vast experience shines through. The action is packed with comedy and the scenes are not rushed. Everything evolves rather slow, to assure the film is eloquent and enjoyable for all ages.With that said, i think this movie will never get old and we will always laugh at he well known, epic scenes. It is not very likely that there will appear a new version of the film, so i definitely recommend you watch the film if you ever stumble upon it on TV.

Paul Guest This film is a true delight. It might be called a comic masterpiece, only 'comic' isn't good enough. While watching (on TV), I started thinking that it was in a genre all of its own: a light-hearted horror film.When anything can go wrong for Mr Bean (Rowan Atkinson), it will go wrong. It does so more brutally in this film, I think, than in his TV show. His American host, David Langley (Peter MacNicol), unwittingly invites Sod's Law to strike when he lets Bean do the cooking and, later, leaves him alone with the so-called 'Whistler's Mother' before the unveiling ceremony. The background music in the latter scene sounds rather like that in the famous shower scene from Hitchcock's 'Psycho': maybe no coincidence.Bean's antics increasingly drive David to distraction. In an especially powerful scene, he sits all alone on the edge of his bed, temporarily abandoned by his wife and children, and sings Paul McCartney's 'Yesterday' straight from the heart.Following the encounter with Whistler's painting, however, Bean comes to look amazingly resourceful, even revealing hidden depths of intelligence. A good deal of suspense builds up before that happens. This was funny but it provoked nervous laughter when I imagined how horrifying the scene would have been in real life.'Doctor Bean', supposedly an eminent art historian, even displays virtually miraculous powers when accidentally transformed at one point into a very different kind of doctor. This scene also creates suspense, followed by relief. The film's only serious fault, in my view, is that its ending is too happy. It struck me as rather facile and sentimental. Ironically, the TV episodes of Mr Bean sometimes end a bit brutally.Full credit should go to Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, the writers Richard Curtis, Robin Driscoll and Rowan Atkinson, and the late Mel Smith as director. The late Sir John Mills deserves special mention too, for his cameo appearance as Chairman of the National Gallery; that character,in effect, causes all the trouble. The Los Angeles gallery director,George Grierson (Harris Yulin), thinks it's called the Royal National Gallery - which may be mildly amusing.

leplatypus Before watching it, I was not convinced that for his 1st movie, Bean the Briton by nature should go to America? Now that I watched it, I'm not more convinced but it can be at least explained if we consider it as a remake for American market. We have already a example with the french comedy « Just visiting » : the original movie is very funny but too much french so American producers shot it again in America with the same cast as to please American audience !!! Here it's a bit the same thing as in a way, the movie is really loose and it's more about tying several mini Bean moments together ! Thus the story is not really convincing and American cast is not really interesting ! However the movie manages to make me laugh very often and very much and in this time, it was really enjoyable to have fun like this ! So in a way, it's at the same level and with the same feelings as the aforementioned « just visiting » !