Feels slight and attenuated, even at a brisk 82 minutes.
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11/02/07
Bee Movie (2007)
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Reviews Counted:162
Fresh:83
Rotten:79
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Bee Movie has humorous moments, but its awkward premise and tame delivery render it mostly forgettable.
Theatrical Release:14-12-2007
Synopsis: Touted as Jerry Seinfeld's first major project since the 1998 end of his long-running eponymous TV series, 2007's computer-animated BEE MOVIE stars the popular comedian as the voice of Barry B.... [More]
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, John Goodman
Director: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Reviews for Bee Movie
Bee Movie is a cute movie. Not that there's anything ... well, you know the rest. But cute is not what adults expect from Jerry Seinfeld, although children will be delighted.
11/02/07
Bee Movie doesn't touch the bar raised so high by Pixar, but it creates a little buzz of its own.
11/02/07
Bee Movie has a few charming moments and a scene or two with legitimate hilarity, but mostly it's just mediocre.
11/02/07
Some humor in Bee Movie is too sophisticated for little kids, but there are enough dazzling action scenes to compensate. Youngsters won't get an allusion to The Graduate, but they'll enjoy the slapstick that follows.
11/02/07
The film is undistinguished visually. Worse, it isn't especially funny.
11/02/07
What I like about Bee Movie is its comfy, off-the-cuff charm: unlike a lot of animated family entertainment, it's not all Thwack Smash Kaboom.
11/02/07
The movie has some pretty pictures and a few good jokes, but not nearly enough. And the story suffers from sitcom attention-deficit disorder, veering off in a new direction every half-hour or so.
11/02/07
Watching this pun-filled cartoon is like falling into a tray of children's watercolors -- the warm end, where oranges and yellows and ambers wave.
11/02/07
A surprisingly unfunny, belabored and unimaginative comedy, Bee Movie is a huge disappointment considering the extent of Seinfeld's participation.
11/02/07
Nothing about the movie resonates emotionally.
11/02/07
Top CriticJerry Seinfeld's comic sensibility enlivens this tale of a bee who wants to fly by the seat of his pants.
11/02/07
Seinfeld doesn't need to go back to his 'show about nothing' premise, but here's hoping his next project can be about just a little less.
11/02/07
A kid film with not enough going on.
11/02/07
Is it as bold as it might be? Does it blaze with invention? Is it the best babbling-bee urban biopic, bar none? Just about.
11/02/07
Everybody's least favorite hive workers get an anthropomorphic makeover, courtesy of Jerry Seinfeld, in this animated flick that's got some stinging wit but a story that's strictly for the birds.
11/02/07
It leaves no unpleasant aftertaste. If you take impressionable kids, you should be prepared to explain two things: No, bees and humans do not normally live happily ever after; and yes, bees sometimes just sting you for the hell of it.
11/02/07
The film's charm, quickness and design carry the day.
11/02/07
A welcome diversion from DreamWorks Animation's increasingly trying Shrek series.
11/02/07
The vibe is loose-limbed and fluky, and the gags have an extra snap that's recognizably Seinfeldian. If I believed in a sitcom afterlife, I'd swear the whole thing was cooked up by Kramer and George's dad.
11/02/07
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