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Fans of Mr. Bean's TV persona are bound to be dismayed by his disappointing foray into cinema. With his trademark goofy physical antics and rubber-like face, Rowan Atkinson almost--but doesn't quite--save this movie from its dumb comedy paraphernalia...
Sure they're pasty, effete and live in the past, but the great thing about the English is that they seem smart even when acting stupid. ROWAN ATKINSON's inane mime character, Mr. Bean, washes up on American shores Friday in Bean. Atkinson realizes that Bean's immature antics may not appeal to everyone. "Most of my friends don't have time for Mr. Bean," he says. "For those who prefer their humor more verbal, more literary, or indeed harder or ruder, Bean is not their thing...
There are dumb movies, and then there are dumb movies. Making slapstick, the lowest form of humor, successful requires enormous skill and talent. Rowan Atkinson's character, Mr. Bean, whose inspired idiocy traces a direct descent from Charlie Chaplin, infuses new intelligence into unintelligent comedy. It's really too bad that such a well-wrought dumb character finds himself in such a stock dumb movie...
...their money's worth. There is no point in getting overly-sanctimonious. If a name-change didn't seem to bother the school fathers in 1638, who are we to judge in 1997? In our own time, there is even precedent for such a change. In 1992, Mr. Henry Rowan opened his wallet and, $100 million later, Glassboro State College in New Jersey became (surprise!) Rowan State College...
Finally there is the Gibson legacy. The N.A.A.C.P. has been rocked by a series of allegations by syndicated columnist Carl Rowan about the uncontrolled spending of organizational funds by Gibson and his cronies on the 64-member board of directors. According to several board members, the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand, which is conducting an audit of N.A.A.C.P. officials, is examining records that show that Gibson ran up more than $1 million on his N.A.A.C.P.-paid American Express card over the past nine years. Among Gibson's expenses: several plane tickets for Marva Smith, a South Carolina woman known inside...