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Bookmark this pageBee Movie (2007)
Director: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
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From Time Out London
It’s something of a coup that Jerry Seinfeld has managed to mangle together 90 minutes worth of semi-decent bee jokes for his feature-writing debut. Alas, it’s probably the only noteworthy aspect in this otherwise waxen slab of digitally animated anthropomorphism which is little more than a series of loosly linked sketches with the odd celebrity cameo (does Sting count?) squeezed into the process for adult viewers. Seinfeld lends his shrill but solipsistic ‘Noo Yoik’ drawl to the voice of Barry B Benson, a sprightly honeybee determined to break free from the punchclock tedium of hive life in order to experience the outside world. In doing so, he makes the shock discovery that humans harvest and consume the honey which so many of his bee brethren have toiled to produce. He decides to file a lawsuit against the entire human race.
Where a film like ‘Ratatouille’ had the good grace to counterbalance some of its more far-fetched plot machinations with a surfeit of wit and wisdom, ‘Bee Movie’ piles up the big asks without once stopping to offer the point to all of this. Passes the time, but undoutedly one for the little ’uns.
Author: David Jenkins
Time Out London Issue 1947: December 12-18 2007
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- Jo said...
- Posted on Jan 03 2008 10:14 I agree with Lulu. I also have to say , this film is for younger children really and not what an adults going to apreciate. IS IT !!. So younger children or should i say infants or going to like it better arent they ???? So stop acting so brainless and start acting like adults.
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- cool dude said...
- Posted on Jan 02 2008 09:45 firstly mr c what is shek and disnet film and the others are rubbish that you said. the film is actually great and who cares if it doesnt have a plot it gives a sense of feeling that anything can happen because the story does not have to follow particular things
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- JULLII said...
- Posted on Jan 01 2008 15:21 i luv it!!!!! :);););) :]:}:};}:}
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- Mr C said...
- Posted on Dec 29 2007 19:29 Firstly I,d like to say I am a big fan of animated films and think that shrek set a new level from which all others should follow. The film seemed to be just thrown together with nothing but countless bee jokes. As previously mentioned there was no adventure no well thought out plot line and nothing to keep either the children or the adults entertained for long at all. I was very disappointed with the entire film and would say to anybody interested in watching this film please just go and rent ratatouie, shek, simpsons, monsters inc, finding nemo or even a good disnet film because this is not in the same league.
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- HABIB said...
- Posted on Dec 29 2007 12:08 WATCHED IT YESTER DAY 5O 5O FRED CLAUS IS BETTER
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- malcum said...
- Posted on Dec 27 2007 15:57 Tis a brilliant film i mean im 17 n i faught tis was awesum!
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- Jenny said...
- Posted on Dec 27 2007 13:33 Tis movie was SOOOOOOOOO boring. I fell asleep in the first five minutes!!!!!!!
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- Graeme said...
- Posted on Dec 27 2007 11:21 My kids loved the animation, but once it got to the pointless and overlong courtroom scenes they just lost interest. Seemed an excellent idea in need of a story - there was no threat, no conflict, no adventure, nothing to keep you interested. And the whole "celebrity lookalikes in an fantasy/animated world" thing has been done to death already.
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- Sutton said...
- Posted on Dec 25 2007 20:54 An enjoyable b movie - please excuse poor gag. The film contains some good jokes, dialogue and great animation. As a Seinfeld fan, it was worth seeing.
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- Lulu said...
- Posted on Dec 22 2007 17:14 How about you dimwits actually critique the film rather than writing as if you are a bunch of 3 yr olds. And for God's sake, learn to spell.
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- fiona said...
- Posted on Dec 21 2007 22:41 its one of those things tht you either love or hate (like peanut butter/marmite), personally i LOVED it =]
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- James said...
- Posted on Dec 21 2007 22:26 Crap! Unfunny, just like Madagascar! The animation was brilliant though, i'll them credit for that, but the script was badly written and the film just becomes an mess!
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- Your mum said...
- Posted on Dec 21 2007 21:57 Reminds me of Truffle.
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- s said...
- Posted on Dec 21 2007 21:43 Well good. The best film i've ever seen!
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Cast & crew
Director: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Producer: Jerry Seinfeld, Christina Steinberg
Genre(s): Children's, Comedy, Fantasy
Rated: U
Duration: 90 mins
UK Release: Dec 14 2007
US Release: Nov 2 2007
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