Bean
Gramercy Pictures (I) | Release Date: November 7, 1997 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
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9
Mixed:
9
Negative:
2
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60
SalonCharles Taylor
Whatever the reason, Bean saddles Atkinson with a story that hangs on him like a dead weight and a filmmaking style that surrounds him like dead air. Read full review
60
VarietyDavid Stratton
Atkinson, who is in almost every scene, boasts a full-on comic personality that on the cinema screen is a bit daunting at times, and it's an open question as to whether the Carrey crowd will go for this seriously eccentric Brit. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Bean falls well short of a work of genius. Indeed, the unbearable slightness of Bean feels like nothing so much as a betrayal of the television series on which it is based. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsDave Kehr
Nevertheless, Bean has been a huge hit in Europe, where it opened last summer, and it may contain enough laughs to work here. Well enough, one hopes, to produce a funnier, sharper, better crafted "Bean 2." [07Nov1997 Pg.63]
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
There are only so many pratfalls you can string together sans storyline and keep a ball like this rolling, and unfortunately, too many of Bean's schticks were old news by the time they first aired on PBS. Read full review
40
The A.V. ClubMaria Schneider
When Atkinson tries to stretch familiar Beanisms into 80 minutes, the results are mostly unsatisfying. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Rowan Atkinson's recalcitrant TV character is the hub of this 1997 feature that will disappoint fans and nonfans alike. Read full review
40
Dallas ObserverPeter Rainer
Bean represents a dismal dumbing-down of a very bright creation. Is nothing sacred? Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
This is not comedy - it's mugging. And there's no excuse for making Bean cuddly; he only works with an evil edge. Read full review
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