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THE BOARD OF A FAMED BRITISH MUSEUM HAS FINALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO DISPOSE OF THEIR MOST USELESS EMPLOYEE,MR. BEAN,BY SENDING HIM TO AMERICA WITH THE PAINTING OF WHISTLER’S MOTHER. BEAN ISLOOSE AND LOS ANGELES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN!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
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May 10, 2010
#1
As questionable an epithet as it may be, this is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen, barring perhaps, Ace Ventura Pet Detective, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Three Men and a Baby. Of course there are many contenders for that title, more all the time now that Hollywood is in an unimaginative slump, but this movie commits the unforgivable sin of comedy: it gets the tone wrong. Comedy is entirely about tone (as are cartoons). Get it wrong and it doesn’t matter how much you get right. Of course, there is plenty else to help the film lope along to its failed finish. The entire cast is miscast except for Rowan Atkinson. How much better these things play in the low budget BBC sets, since they are essentially stand-up mixed with filmed plays.
Compare this to Johnny English, a venerable vehicle for Atkinson’s considerable talents and there is no comparison. Why? Because JE is understated and plays off the already subtle Bond canon, itself quintessentially British. Whereas the ghastly mistake that is Bean plays like the worst over the top laugh track and all boisterous American comedy (exactly the sort of non- funny sitcoms that have dominated current American TV since Friends managed to walk the precarious line). Even the animated Bean is better than this flop of a film, although the cartoon series seems superfluous since the live action Bean series is already essentially a cartoon. At any rate, RA deserves better, and he got it with Johnny English, as subtle, brilliant and witty as Bean is dull, heavy handed and boorish. JE is a keeper. Bean is a casualty. C’est le guerre.
May 10, 2010
#2
DO NOT WATCH THI
May 10, 2010
#3
BEAN is unfunny, dull, offensive and stupid what more reasons you need not to see it. I saw it unfortunatley and could’nt wait for it to be over avoid it at all costs!!!
May 10, 2010
#4
This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The TV show is more funnier than the movie. Man, I can’t beleive I wasted my money for this movie when I saw it in theater, the movie’s cheesy. Don’t even plan on renting it or buying it.
May 10, 2010
#5
I have been a fan of the Mr. Bean BBC series for some time now. His antics are hilarious! But this movie really disgraced the show. I found it almost totally unwatchable. There was a lack of good comedy throughout the entire movie. The jokes and dialogue was like that of a awfully directed NBC sitcom [are there any good ones]. It was a waste of time, money and the comedy was not equal to the worst episodes of the of the Mr. Bean show. Don’t waste the time or money, i would give it .5 stars but the lowest they have is a 1.