The Story of Bean (1997 TV Movie) User Reviews

Not quite as informative as I had wanted, but it's a great look at Rowan's career.

[callanvass · 9/10 · 13 June 2010]

Perhaps i'm being a bit over-picky but there was a few times where I wanted more background of the character of Mr. Bean. Seeing Rowan's childhood, his early comedic stuff was great, no doubt about that but I really wanted more about Bean sometimes. That being said Rowan gives us a great insightful look on how the Bean character started, and even gives us some cool little behind the scenes of the filming of some of the episodes|Hair by Mr. Bean of London| was especially cool. I enjoyed most of the interviews from Rowan's colleagues and it gave us some great detail of his earlier career too. Rowan seems like a very quiet, yet humble man who has not let his success get to his head.

Bottom line. Bean and Rowan fans will love this like I did for the most part, now let's get an up to date one!.

9/10

The sort of story of Bean

[studioAT · 4/10 · 16 December 2020]

I hadn't seen this documentary before, but it was interesting to hear how the character of Mr Bean came about.

It was also rare to see Atkinson at work in the rehearsal room too.

I could've done with less about his childhood though because this felt a bit stretched at nearly an hour.

Lenny Henry and Jeff Goldblum popped up and then didn't anything further either, which seemed a bit odd.

Something to watch once and then probably forget.