Bean (1997)

Release date: 1997-08-01
Country: UK|USA
Language: English
Director: Mel Smith
Production Co: Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films, Tiger Aspect Productions
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Rating: 6.5/10
Length: 1h 29min

Storyline

Bean (Rowan Atkinson) works as a caretaker at Britain's formidable Royal National Gallery, and his bosses want to fire him because he sleeps at work all the time, but can't because the chairman of the gallery's board defends him. They send him to the U.S., to the small Los Angeles art gallery instead, where he'll have to officiate at the opening of the greatest U.S. picture ever (called "Whistler's Mother").

Plot Keywords

california, los angeles california, 1990s, poster, portrait, paper bag, motorcycle, mistake, key, improvisation, imitation, husband wife relationship, houseguest, roller coaster, security guard, photo booth, british comedy, teddy bear, stupidity, sneeze

Short Review

How many English language films can say, "To hell with America!"? Very few. Basically only "Bean", which has already racked up over $100 million before the picture has even unspooled in one New Jersey mall.