Bean

Also known as Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie, Bean: The Movie

1997 film directed by Mel Smith

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6.5

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.

Released: 1997-07-0389 minDir: Mel SmithFamily, Adventure, ComedyBudget: $18.0MBox office: $251MPart of: Mr. Bean Collection

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Cast

Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean
Peter MacNicol as David Langley
Pamela Reed as Alison Langley
Tricia Vessey as Jennifer Langley
Andrew Lawrence as Kevin Langley
Harris Yulin as George Grierson

Themes

california
london, england
airport
paris, france
chaos
repair
vault
museum
painting
arts and culture

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Ratings

IMDb

6.5/10

115,203 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

41%

Metacritic

52/100

Year: 1997
Runtime: 89 min
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Rated: PG-13
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Key facts

Directed by: Mel Smith
Written by: Richard Curtis Robin Driscoll
Based on: Mr. Bean , by Rowan Atkinson Richard Curtis
Produced by: Peter Bennett-Jones Tim Bevan Eric Fellner
Starring: Rowan Atkinson Peter MacNicol Pamela Reed Harris Yulin Burt Reynolds
Cinematography: Francis Kenny
Edited by: Christopher Blunden
Music by: Howard Goodall
Production companies: Working Title Films Tiger Aspect Films
Distributed by: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (United Kingdom) Gramercy Pictures (United States)
Release dates: 1 August 1997 ( 1997-08-01 ) (United Kingdom) 7 November 1997 ( 1997-11-07 ) (United States)
Running time: 89 minutes
Countries: United Kingdom United States
Language: English
Budget: $18 million
Box office: $251.2 million

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Wikidata facts

Duration: 95
FilmAffinity ID: 564986
Official website: www.mrbean.com

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title: Bean
box office: 251200000
review score: 41%
publication date: 2008-04-03

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The painting Whistler's Mother Bean (also known as Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie or Bean: The Movie) is a 1997 comedy film directed by Mel Smith and written by Richard Curtis and Robin Driscoll, based on the British sitcom Mr. Bean. The film stars Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean, with Peter MacNicol, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin and Burt Reynolds in supporting roles. In the film, Bean works as a security guard at the National Gallery in London before being sent to the United States to talk about the unveiling of James Abbott McNeill Whistler's 1871 painting Whistler's Mother.

Bean was released in the United Kingdom on 1 August 1997, by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, and in the United States on 7 November by Gramercy Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box-office success, grossing $251 million against a budget of $18 million. A sequel, Mr. Bean's Holiday, was released in 2007.