Which country is the setting for much of the 1997 film Bean?

Much of the 1997 film Bean is set in the United States.

In the film, Mr. Bean travels from Britain to Los Angeles after being sent by London’s National Gallery. His assignment involves supervising the transfer of a famous painting, but his incompetence and unusual methods create a chain of comic disasters.

The American setting allows the movie to broaden the television character’s world while preserving the contrast between Bean’s British background and unfamiliar surroundings. Several important scenes take place in Los Angeles, including events connected with the Grierson Gallery and the painting Whistler’s Mother.

This setting differs from the 2007 sequel, Mr. Bean’s Holiday, which is primarily a European road and rail journey beginning in France. The film is an international co-production, but its central story and major gallery events take place in the United States.