Bean (1997)
One man. One masterpiece. One very big mistake.
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Bean rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.5/10· 115K votes
Rotten Tomatoes41%
Metacritic52%
TMDb6.471/10· 3K votesWith 41% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.5/10 on IMDb and 52/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Bean
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.
Cast of Bean
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
Burt Reynolds
as General Newton
Richard Gant
as Lieutenant Brutus
Chris Ellis
as Detective Butler
Tom McGowan
as Walter Merchandise
Sandra Oh
as Bernice Schimmel
Peter Egan
as Lord Walton
Bean facts
- Budget
- $18M
- Box office
- $251.2M
- Collection
- Mr. Bean Collection
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Physical comedy timing delivers consistent laugh sequences
- •Fish-out-of-water premise works across cultural audiences
- •Rowan Atkinson's comedic instincts shine through adaptation
What the audience disliked
- •Humor relies heavily on slapstick over substantive storytelling
- •Plot development stays minimal throughout feature runtime
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Where to watch Bean(US)
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