Unfocused. Uneventful. Sometimes funny. Very talkative. Very few witty moments. I dont see how kids are gonna like it at all. C-

This was like.. a balance of retardedness and at only a few times, funniness. My 11 year old niece enjoyed it (and during the whole movie kept whispering, "This is so retarded/stupid. Hahahaz." My 6 year old niece, though, not so much. It was a bit too.. talky, with not a whole lot happening.

out of

This was a horrible movie.

I hated it.

Worst animation movie from dreamworks. Just slightly better than Drek 3.

It's better than Ratatouille.

Yeah, you heard me.

B-

Gross.

Let me correct myself.

I enjoyed it more than Ratatouille. It might not be "better" (the story in this film is pretty lame and often uninteresting) but it's about 300x more enjoyable.

agree with this, but it doesn't say much because ratastupid was horrible

It was cute and entertaining. Nothing too deep or original, but I had a good time, and the animation was great.

B/B-

Lots of cool insect stuff, but the whole dang thing just wasn't funny. I honestly didn't laugh out loud once, and only snickered a couple times - - this from a guy who involuntarily guffaws at parts of Seinfeld repeats I've already seen half a dozen times before.

Smart, but unfortunately dumb.

BAD.

I thought the movie was hilarious. Not the strongest of stories, but it is very smart and witty.

Grade: A-/B+

I liked it because of Seinfeld. The script (although about as paper thin as humanly possible) is somewhat clever as well as funny. Not everything is on the mark though. A good chunk of the jokes fall flat which is kind of surprising considering it's Seinfeld. And then we have the film's look. For the first time ever, Dreamworks Animation gets it right on the money. This is easily their best looking film to date. In addition to Seinfeld's very good voicework, his former Seinfeld co-star Patrick Warburton (Putty) puts in very good voicework here as well. His character is maybe the funniest thing in the movie.

Just like Fred Claus though, it's not really a kids movie. There aren't many jokes kids could relate to. Unless my mind was completely in the gutter (which is entirely possible) there was even a slight reference to what it would be like for a bee to orgasm. In a theater full of kids, it was a little weird to be the only one laughing at that. As a matter of fact, the only thing I really remember the kids laughing hysterically at was when the human's attorney (John Goodman) was in that baby seat thing.

I liked it though and that's all that matters.

B-

B-


Yeah, it just shows that most of the CG animation nowadays is not very good. This was just a slightly above avergae animted flick, mostly elevated by the great voice work of Renee Zellweger and pretty cool animation. The story itself and some of the scenes were simply retarded and too silly, even by kids movie standards. Bees helping a plane to land? Sorry, that's just too stupid.

There are some amusing scenes and the bee hive from the inside was prety well-done and quite inventive, but it definitely lacks the big laughs or engaging action scenes... That can be neglected if the story is great, but here it just isn't.

A fun animated film, nothing more.

B

Bee Movie

I thought this was absolutely great. Not only clever but hilarious as well (laughed out loud a few times!) - definitely has Jerry's stamp all over it. And with lots of great Seinfeld moments, bee puns, and some awesome supporting turns (most notably from Chris Rock and Patrick Warburton), this film is a pleasure to sit back and be thoroughly entertained by. Ray Liotta was also incredible. It zips along chock full of rich animation, and not a moment is wasted in this lean, beautiful, colourful animated film for kids, and this amusing 'what-if' for adults.

Bee Movie is definitely in the top ten of the CG animated films ever made.

A-

Bee Movie lacks the memorable characters of Madagascar and Over the Hedge, plus the animation is a downgrade. However the story is so quirky it keeps you invested the whole time, and the world building is pretty good. Funny jokes as well.