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Bee Movie

2007

Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith

Animation, Voice: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick ...

5.4

11,692

Animation. Comedy. Kids Having just graduated from college, a bee by the name of Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld) finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice--honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa (Zellweger). He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bees' honey ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"At its relaxed best, when it’s about, well, nothing, the slyly comic 'Bee Movie' is truly beguiling (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] tries hard, but never really takes off (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"[A] soft and fuzzy entertainment"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"What a treat to see a comedy that starts funny, is funny in the middle, and ends funny (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Sam Toy Empire	"The depth of talent in the cast and gag writing shines through, but it's only just enough to take your mind off of the flat animation (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Paul Arendt BBC	"Fans of Jerry Seinfeld, who wrote the movie with his TV team, should brace themselves for a disappointment (...) What 'Bee Movie' really lacks is a compelling hero (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Dana Stevens Slate	"Everything about this Jerry Seinfeld creation needed more thought (...) A perfectly good-natured and often clever diversion"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"The film is nutty, ecological, antically funny, and moving, all at the same time."	POS
United States	Peter Hartlaub SFGATE	"'Bee Movie' has a few charming moments and a scene or two with legitimate hilarity, but mostly it's just mediocre"	NEG
United States	Nathan Rabin AV Club	"Amusing but slight, 'Bee' feels like a killer 15-minute short stretched into a pretty good feature-length movie"	POS

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