Ok. You've all seen the televisions episodes of the bumbling clown that is Mr Bean (Atkinson), but how does he compare when he hits the big screen?
I must admit, after seeing the first 5 minutes of Bean, I wasn't sure how to react. There seemed to be the same jokes and actions we were used to seeing, but with no audience providing the laughs. Would the rest of the film be the same? Thankfully no.
The film opens at an art gallery in London, where Mr Bean is employed as a security man of sorts. Having worked there for a few years the senior management are keen to see the back of him, but they have one problem: the gallery manager likes him! There is one solution though and that is to send him off to America for three weeks. Why? Because the Americans plan to unveil the most prestigious painting in the country's history and have contacted London for a suitable person to do the unveiling. Mr (or Dr. as he is now known) Bean is recommended as the man for the job... they obviously didn't know him!
Mr Bean is invited to stay at the home of David Langley (Peter MacNicol, as seen on TV's Ally McBeal & Chicago Hope) and well, the rest is up to your imagination... whatever could go wrong does go wrong, but is there a solution?
To conclude there are some very convincing scenes which would suggest that there is a future for Mr Bean on the big screen but whether a Bean 2 should be allowed, I'd not say yet! I must however applaud Mr Bean's speach on the unveiling of the painting. Fantastic. Stick to the TV series though Rowan, there's much more scope for the facial expressions and the like that is the true Mr Bean... but whatever you do, son't show programs on those flipping digital only channels ITV2, E4 etc. You have been warned. |
