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1997
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Bean
Positive Reviews
8
Negative reviews
4
Average Rating
2.9
/5
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5.0
So in commercial terms, it makes sense.But it is not sophisticated comedy.
Indie Wire
2.0
There are only so many pratfalls you can string together sans storyline and keep a ball like this rolling, and unfortunately, too many of Beans schtic ..
Austin Chronicle
3.0
Rowan Atkinsons recalcitrant TV character is the hub of this 1997 feature that will disappoint fans and nonfans alike.
Chicago Reader
0.0
Nevertheless, American kids seem to like Bean perhaps they recognize a kindred spirit.
Film Journal
3.5
But what you make of Bean may depend on whether you know beans about Bean going in.
Ew
2.0
Other kids may be very uncomfortable with the gross and embarrassing situations.Kids may enjoy knowing that Atkinson did the voice of Zazu in The Lion ..
Common Sense Media
3.8
The surprise is that Rowan Atkinson, who can be wearisome, stays funny throughout this crazy comedy.
Sf Gate
2.0
Go Large Bean demonstrates the misguidedness of translating comedy sketches to the big screen.
Bbc
3.8
More prudish viewers may find the bloody action repugnant, but the gruesome, almost cartoonish, nature of the violence is exactly what makes Verhoeven ..
Mr Brown Movies
2.5
Watching Venora slowly warm up to Mulqueen is one of the films best elements.
Reeling Reviews
3.1
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture.
ReelViews
3.1
Too many directors take the traditional structure of a movie as a necessity.
Movie Habit
3.0
The film appears to be of very little substance until near the end, where it redeems itself considerably.
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