Review of Bean (1997) by Erik G — 26 Jan 2012
One man. One masterpiece. One very big mistake. The safety of a $50 million painting is in the caring hands of one man: Mr. Bean. As a caretaker for a British art gallery he is about to be fired by the museum's board for being inept at work. Yet Mr. Bean is sent to Los Angeles where a museum curator requests him on guarding their latest purchase, the world-famous Whistler's Mother. Unfit for any physical task, he doesn't know anything about paintings even though David Langley see him as a brilliant art scholar.
Directed by Mel Smith, 'Bean' features great acting performances from the following cast:
1.) Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean).
2.) Peter MacNicol (David Langley).
3.) Pamela Reed (Alison Langley).
4.) Harris Yulin (George Grierson).
5.) Burt Reynolds (General Newton).
I've been watching episodes of the original 'Mr. Bean' TV series on tape when I came across to this feature film and saw it on TV at age 11. It was my first time of experiencing what I saw as the finest of British humor, given that the UK crew worked on it while filming most of the film in the USA while also giving it the funny comedic sequences. Plus, if the main concept of accidentally destroying a $50 million painting ($50 million, can you believe that?) with the irresponsibility of our titular character alone in the gallery really gets into me, I can never forget that watching the film was where I first discovered the recognizable Whistler's Mother, James McNeill Whistler's fine masterpiece that has the significant influence of my critiquing of classic art works. Here Rowan Atkinson does his great acting performance here, and his talent is unique to shape the cleverness and stupidity of Mr. Bean. He surely is a bumbling genius who can be funny, and if he can speak a few lines in one scene, then that's fine for me.
This review of Bean (1997) was written by Erik G on 26 Jan 2012.
Bean has generally received mixed reviews.
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