Bean

"One man. One masterpiece. One very big mistake."

Nov 7 1997 PG-13 1h 29m
Adventure, Comedy, Family

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.

Plot

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").

Written by

Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis, Robin Driscoll

Directed by

Mel Smith

Cast

Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, John Mills

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Tiger Aspect Productions, Working Title Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination total

Trailers
Bean the Movie: Original Theatrical Trailer
Teasers
Bean the Movie: Teaser Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
114,903
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
52
Popularity
NA