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  At-A-Glance Film Reviews: Bean (1997)
Bean is one of the closest things to the old silent clowns seen since the silent era ended.
Bean's job, we learn, is to "sit and look at paintings." He's a caretaker for the Royal National Gallery, but the rest of the staff would like to see him fired.
Bean staples of comedy -- loony but innovative solutions to problems, exasperated facial expressions, blatant obliviousness, juvenile pranks, and desperate panicking -- the film as a whole is less fresh and inventine than the average episode of the television series and a hair more crude.
www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/bean.1997.shtml   (665 words)

  
 Mr. Bean : Bean (1997 movie)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bean trying to undertake what would normally be considered simple tasks, such as going swimming, redecorating[?] or taking an exam[?].
A movie, Bean, was made based on the show in 1997, but this broke with the show's tradition by having a subplot with more developed characters.
Bean now played second fiddle to the travails of a typical suburban, American family (having been sent to America by a group of acquaintances who wanted a break from having him messing up their lives).
www.termsdefined.net /be/bean-(1997-movie).html   (551 words)

  
 UK Movies - Reviews - Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie (1997)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bean style, it isn't long before Bean has ruined the priceless painting and must find a way to restore it before the grand opening of the collection featuring the painting.
Bean will most certainly appeal to most members of the family, as on the whole it is generally inoffensive, and quite enjoyable.
Bean perfectly, and the rest of the cast are also very good, but on the whole everyone would've benefited from a stronger script.
www.ukmovies.myby.co.uk /bean.htm   (323 words)

  
 Bean (1997)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bean's TV show are featured in the move, like: On an airplane, Mr.
Bean blows up a barf bag full of barf and then pops it; a turkey gets stuck on his head; gets bored on a fast ride; (more)
Bean never has any idea exactly what's going on most of the time and spends most of the film predictably but hilariously embarrassing himself and others (though naturally never realizing it).
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 BEAN movie review with photos, video
Bean is the peculiar creation of Rowan Atkinson, the bug-eyed, rubber-faced British comic whose looney behavior already has made him a favorite among PBS-watching anglophiles.
Indeed, the plot of Bean is merely a clothesline on which to hang various funny sketches.
In his finest moment, Bean jacks up the speed on an amusement park virtual reality roller coaster, until riders are thrown hither and yon.
www.rochestergoesout.com /mov/b/bean.html   (609 words)

  
 Ottawa XPress - Film - Movie details - Bean
Bean, the movie, is not different from the television series we've all learned to love.
Bean is simply as much of a crackpot as ever, and the movie reveals the great comical talent of one Rowan Atkinson, the interpretor of Mr.Bean.His character does have a gift to get himself caught up in the most unbelievable of situations.
Bean where have the hell you been on planet earth because when the TV show came out in Canada on the CBC channel it was a huge success and everybody was talking about it everywhere you went.
www.ottawaxpress.ca /redirect.aspx?iIDCritique=7674   (1057 words)

  
 Bean
Bean has a good audience in the U.S., but he's not The Simpsons, so there is a certain amount of caution taken with the character).
Bean (Rowan Atkinson), a strange, child-like man, (introduced to us asleep in a chair), is dispatched to California by the board of directors of the British Art Musuem where he works (who hate him, rather inexplicably at this point), to supervise the delivery of a famous painting.
Bean works on television within the context set by his creators, and his inventive, greedy, small-mindedness perfectly suits the little adventures which are dreampt up for him, usually revolving around the foibles of British life (and the comedy of embarassment).
homepage.eircom.net /~obrienh/bean.htm   (740 words)

  
 Bean Reviews
Bean, a bumbling security guard from England is sent to LA to help with the grandiose homecoming of a masterpiece American painting.
Bean is an internationally known character, but like all internationally known things he's not as well known here in the US.
Rowan Atkinson who has the title role in BEAN was supposed to have been an electrical engineer but somewhere along the way he had more of the slapstick comedian in him, the silent stars type, and in 1970 made his debut as a performer.
www.killermovies.com /b/bean/reviews   (503 words)

  
 Bean - The Ultimate Disaster Movie [1997] Video at Shop Ireland
Mr Bean is a walking disaster and what follows isplenty of mayhem and catastrophe, so much so that you'll be rolling on thefloor with laughter.
Bean the movie on Amazon then you are presumably a fan and you'll enjoy this.
Mr Bean is a walking disaster and what follows is plenty of mayhem and catastrophe, so much so that you'll be rolling on the floor with laughter.
www.shopireland.ie /video/reviews/B00004R71N   (1111 words)

  
 TVShowsOnDVD.com - Review for Mr. Bean - Complete Mr. Bean
Bean is also confused by the simplest things in our culture.
Bean was shot on video 90% of the time, with film footage being introduced in episode 4, mainly for outdoor shots.
Bean" as appearing on disc 1, but it has been switched with "Mr.
www.tvshowsondvd.com /sitereviews.cfm?ReleaseID=2317   (674 words)

  
 DVD Empire - Item - Bean: The Movie / DVD-Video
Bean is one of last year's most hilarious achievements.
The character of Bean is known throughout, but I think the movie is special because it returns the art of silent comedy back to the cinema.
The movie lacked the hard edged quality of the short Bean films and in the end is no than an americanized silly parody of the dry but funny English version.
www.dvdempire.com /Exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=1340&partner_id=37128848   (467 words)

  
 Mr. Bean Movie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bean is about to hit the cinemas with the brand-new full-length film call "Bean, The ultimate disaster movie", the movie will have it's premiere early this fall(1997) in Europe (and in North America in October.
Boyzone has written the lead-song to the movie, and they've said that they've learnt a lot from Mr.
Bean during the shooting of the video, and that they'll now will write more 'grown-up' songs.
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Academy/8933/Movie.html   (175 words)

  
 Bean: Cinephiles Movie Review
Gallery, Bean's job is to guard paintings by sitting quietly all day in front of them.
Protected by his endearment to the Chairman of the board, the Gallery's directors' wishes to fire Bean are frustrated.
Bean, Smith's comedy revolves around the preposterousness of the character and the hysterically funny ways in which he deals with the world.
www.cinephiles.net /BEAN/Film-Synopsis.html   (225 words)

  
 Bean mistakes, goofs and bloopers
Bean is in the boardroom of people discussing his fate at the beginning of the movie, there's one shot where you can see a cameraman's feet and a moving cable reflected in a shiny surface.
Continuity: When David tells Kevin and Jennifer about Bean staying at their house and he says "Let's say there is a chart of the most intelligent people...", you can see a blue pillow on the couch which Kevin and Jennifer are sitting on.
Continuity: When Bean is alone in the room with the original painting when they get it, he's blowing at the right side of the frame in one shot, but blowing in the middle in the next shot.
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 Las Vegas Mercury: Film: Half-baked Bean
Bean" know that the rubber-faced British comic is a master of histrionic overacting and slapstick.
But as with the 1997 movie Bean, the stretch from small-scale TV skits to feature-film length is simply too much.
Aside from two computer-generated sequences showing a bullet's lethal trajectory in super slow-mo, the film's non-stop kinetic frenzy is a textbook case of style failing to veil lack of substance.
www.lasvegasmercury.com /2003/MERC-Jul-17-Thu-2003/21736534.html   (556 words)

  
 MMI Movie Review: Mr. Bean
Bean's job at the National Gallery in London is to 'sit in the corner and look at the paintings.' When the gallery sells the great American masterpiece, 'Whistler's Mother' to Grierson Art Gallery in Los Angeles, they jump on a golden opportunity to send Mr.
Bean becomes the house guest of the gallery's curator, David, and immediately begins destroying David's once-happy and successful life รณ not on purpose, mind you, it's just Bean's way.
But once you really get Bean and see him for what he is, a different picture emerges: a rebel, a happy child, a loner, and even, a full-fledged hero.
www.shoestring.org /mmi_revs/mrbean.html   (433 words)

  
 Bean Movie Review
BEAN is bad, maybe unwatchable, as Rowan Atkinson's beloved Brit is shoehorned into a pedestrian, poorly executed plot involving a famous painting, a Los Angeles art gallery, and a classic case of mistaken identity.
an art expert.) The "Bean bits"-- tampering with an amusement ride, pretending to have a firearm in an airport, drying the front of his trousers with a restroom blow- dryer, etc.-- arrive at infrequent intervals and too often consist en- tirely of reaction shots.
Instead of just pointing the camera at Bean and letting him do his thing, the filmmakers shift the focus to the supporting stars and, by in large, that's a mistake.
www.killermovies.com /b/bean/reviews/5jp.html   (266 words)

  
 Movie Archives: Bean | www.sdreader.com
Bean (Rowan Atkinson) might be remindful at times, in his childlikeness and mischievousness and even in his exact facial expressions when peering over or around his rodenty snout, of Pee-wee Herman; and also, in his extended sequences of nonverbal slapstick, of Peter Sellers in collaboration with director Blake Edwards (The Pink Panther, The Party, etc.).
At the same time, he lacks the innocence and fancifulness of the one (poo-poo and puke jokes are permissible), and, with Mel Smith in the director's chair, lacks the skilled cinema technician of the other.
And Peter MacNicol, as Bean's overburdened host in America, proves to be a surprisingly firm-footed straight man and magnetic object of sympathy.
www.sdreader.com /php/mvdisplay.php?&id=BEAN   (280 words)

  
 Movie Habit: Review of Bean (1997), ** 1/2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bean's latest adventure: a night guard at a museum, Bean is selected to be the museum's liaison in a deal to sell Whistler's Mother to an American gallery.
However, in the movie, a lot of time is spent between sketches on the "required" structure of a movie — plot, characters, conflict, etc. Those gaps are what makes Bean an average movie instead of a hilarious star vehicle.
The problem with the gaps is not just the absence of Atkinson; it is the presence of a token plot and shallow characters that requires the attention to shift from silly abandon to forced concern.
www.moviehabit.com /reviews/bea_kz97.shtml   (471 words)

  
 Bean (1997)
Wisely Bean sticks to what it knows best and doesn't saddle Mr Bean with jokes that only the parents will get; sadly this is also why the movie disappoints.
The biggest, almost fatal, weakness is that Bean doesn't capture the essence of what makes Mr Bean funny; his determination and inventiveness when solving a problem, taking the most obscure route to victory and sticking with it.
Mr Bean ploughs on and a tower of complexity rises above him, teetering in the breeze, as he inches forward to his fiinal goal.
www.film.u-net.com /Movies/Reviews/Bean.html   (585 words)

  
 Bean (1997) - MovieWeb
Bean, on a romp of screwball mayhem covering two continents.
Bean is a n'er-do-well employee of London's National Art Gallery whose job security is insured by having endeared himself to the Chairman of the Board.
In order to get rid of Bean, the other board members vote to send him to America, passing him off as the art expert who will accompany the masterpiece Whistler's Mother to a museum in Los Angeles which has just purchased it.
movieweb.com /movie/bean   (167 words)

  
 Summer Movie Preview
Bean, the big-screen adaptation about Atkinson's outrageously mischievous man-child, already was an international hit when it landed in American theatres.
Bean, whose main character was silent in the TV series and spoke sparingly in the movie.
Movie credits for Atkinson include Scooby-Doo, Rat Race, voice work in The Lion King and a memorable role as the addled preacher in Four Weddings and a Funeral.
www.ctv.ca /generic/WebSpecials/summer_movies/index_johnny_english.html   (1066 words)

  
 1997 Movie Reviews
Rowan Atkinson (Bean, BlackAdder, the priest in 4 Weddings and a Funeral) is getting a rep as the British Jim Carrey for this, which hurts me deep inside, since Jim Carrey's sole talent is making funny faces and bouncing off of himself, whereas Atkinson is a comic genius.
Anyway, the movie's wide selection of -- things -- is its strength, as well as the characters' interaction with each other and with the various plot elements.
The ridiculous antics and plot "twists" are to be expected, and even welcomed in a movie like this (unlike, say, a recent thriller), and the flick is at its best when it's going farthest off the deep end.
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 Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie (1997)
I remember seeing this movie at the cinema and being quite unimpressed - I felt it was overlong, too Americanised, not funny enough, and Mr Bean spoke far too much for my liking.
Mr Bean gets into many, many unfortunate situations, some funnier than others, and the ending is too syrupy-sweet but overall I was moderately entertained.
This significantly improved in the latter half of the movie.
www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=298   (796 words)

  
 The Best Bits of Mr. Bean (1997) (V)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bean and Teddy venture into the attic to look for an umbrella and uncover items from past experiences...
Bean and Teddy venture up to the attic to look for an umbrella.
Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for The Best Bits of Mr.
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 Bean Movie
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.
Bean in action, but it has a few differences, it's a movie and is not the same like the series.
www.movie-pages.com /movie/bean/6304798547   (362 words)

  
 Movie Review - Bean - eFilmCritic
Bean should talk, but elongated speech and sprawling dialogue for the Beanster just isn't his forte.
This basically brought me to the decision that Bean shouldn't have been made.
Sure it was a wildly popular TV show, but like I said, Bean survives on lack of dialogue.
efilmcritic.com /review.php?movie=470&reviewer=3   (182 words)

  
 Bean - Movie Commentary by Scott Ventura (FeedMyEgo.com)
Bean", the TV show without which we would not have
Bean just isn't a character that was ever meant to do dialog!
The speech that Bean eventually delivers is worth the price of admission, though.
feedmyego.com /movies/B/Bean1997.html   (103 words)

  
 Bean: The Movie [1997] (REGION 1) (NTSC) : Reviews, Prices, Deals
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.
The eponymous 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.
The insularity of Bean's TV world is sacrificed in this film, and that change diminishes some of the character's appeal.
www.medfools.com /shopuk/product/B00007AJF7/Bean.html   (844 words)

  
 GreenCine | product main - Bean (1997)
Bean from television to the big screen with this British comedy.
Bean (Rowan Atkinson) is a well-meaning but not especially bright fellow with a gift for making the worst of any situation.
Bean is about to be fired from his job as a guard at the Royal Nation Art Gallery for sleeping on the job, but the Chairman (John Mills) intervenes at the last moment.
www.greencine.com /webCatalog?id=5851   (144 words)

  
 Johnny English (2003)
The character is based on a series of commercials that Atkinson made for the English credit card company Barclaycard that aired on tv during the 1990s.
Bean is almost a modern day descendent of someone like Charlie Chaplin - the character rarely has dialogue and is almost entirely visual slapstick.
Although it is like Chaplin put through the peculiar mercilessness of British college humour, wherein a basically absurd situation keeps being compounded further and further to the point one is rolling on the floor at the cruelty of it all.
www.moria.co.nz /sf/johnnyenglish.htm   (694 words)

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