Bean
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65% Critic Match

Bean

One man. One masterpiece. One very big mistake.

6.5 / 10 1997 1h 29mPG-13 English
FamilyAdventureComedy

Storyline

Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.

Cast & Crew

Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Atkinson

Mr. Bean

Lead
Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

David Langley

Pamela Reed

Pamela Reed

Alison Langley

Tricia Vessey

Tricia Vessey

Jennifer Langley

Andrew Lawrence

Andrew Lawrence

Kevin Langley

Harris Yulin

Harris Yulin

George Grierson

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

General Newton

Richard Gant

Richard Gant

Lieutenant Brutus

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mel Smith's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Bean is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker