Bean . Tucson Weekly . 11-17-97

Bean

DIRECTED BY: Mel Smith

REVIEWED: 11-17-97

We pull their butts out of World War II, and this is how the British repay us? The most tragic thing about this picture is that star Rowan Atkinson is actually tremendously funny as his character "Blackadder," seen in a BBC television series. However, while Blackadder relies on cerebral, verbal humor, Bean is a near-mute who stumbles through vomit jokes and some unsavory nose-blowing bits. If your idea of a good time is to watch a dumbed-down version of a Jim Carrey movie with the sound off, and you've recently lost 30-percent of your brain capacity to carbon monoxide poisoning, and you're completely drunk on wood alcohol, then Bean will only be way too stupid for you. Anyone else would get more laughs out of watching an eight-ounce glass of water evaporate.

--DiGiovanna

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