Bee Movie
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 2, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
18
Negative:
2
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
91
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Agreeably skewed fun. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
At its relaxed best, when it's about, well, nothing, the slyly comic Bee Movie is truly beguiling. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Kids are going to adore looking at this movie, living in it, flying through and above its brilliant landscape. It's an animated joyride over a relief map of Manhattan. I just wish the script was as good as the paint. Read full review
75
New York PostKyle Smith
Dazzling fun. Jerry is master of a new domain. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy Burr
The movie's not even close to Pixar standards - the animation is slapdash and the story construction's a mess - but the vibe is loose-limbed and fluky, and the gags have an extra snap that's recognizably Seinfeldian. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
It has enough buzzing wit and eye-popping animation to win over the kids - and probably more than a few parents, too. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
The real fun is the insect shtick. Read full review
70
NewsweekDavid Ansen
I'm not sure what kids are going to make of Bee Movie. The shiny, vivid computer-animated images pop off the screen with the vibrancy of the Pixar movies, but the understated, throwaway humor is pure Seinfeld: adult, observational, feasting on the small ironies of human (make that "beeish") behavior. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
It's good to have Seinfeld back, even in this watered-down form. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerAndy Spletzer
The riskiest move Seinfeld made was to create an unlikable protagonist who is wrong every step of the way, but treat him like a hero. Read full review
67
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Jerry Seinfeld's foray into feature animation will delight young kids and leave their elders alternately amused and bemused. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
On the whole, this is another disappointing animated effort and it resides considerably lower on the totem pole than this year's current non-live action champion, "Ratatouille." Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Much of this wordplay is clever, though there’s something off with the plotting. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
This candy-colored animated fable is an awkward mix of corny bee puns, clever sight gags, kid-friendly action, adult-centric workplace angst and Seinfeld's distinctive navel-gazing wit. And what's up with those four-legged bees? Read full review
60
SlateDana Stevens
The movie's more than cute, funny, and (at 81 minutes) brisk enough to move families in and out of the multiplex in mass quantities, like the social insects we are. Read full review
60
EmpireSam Toy
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. Read full review
58
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
If an animated movie isn't competing with Pixar to dazzle the eye, it had darn well better hit the heart or the funny bone. With its wee little stinger, Bee Movie misses both. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Unfortunately, bees just aren't that funny...Nor is the odd story Seinfeld and his collaborators dreamed up very inspired. Read full review
50
VarietyTodd McCarthy
Amiable but no more, Bee Movie puts a hiveful of potent talent at the service of a zig-zigging, back-of-an-envelope story that's short on surprise and originality. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
No nectar of the gods this, but we can still be thankful that Bee Movie is a sweet morsel that's devoid of any jokes about bee farts and poop. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyRobert Wilonsky
For all the muscle and money behind Bee Movie, it still feels unfocused and unfinished. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Best viewed as an oddball career move rather than as a successful movie. Read full review
50
PremiereGlenn Kenny
The result is oddly schizoid, but also so insubstantial that to call it oddly schizoid suggests a weight it doesn't have. Read full review
50
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Just another ambitious, lavish animated adventure, pretty enough to look at, but ultimately foundering on the weakness of its script. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The whole thing's pretty cute and breezy, but don't expect logic or coherence. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Maybe Bee Movie is another ground-breaking show about nothing – a hornet's nest of hype for a fat hive of nothing. If so, pay up and get stung. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
All of this material, written by Seinfeld and writers associated with his television series, tries hard, but never really takes off. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
There's no real jeopardy. The stakes are low. It's a bee movie about nothing. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
Has a few charming moments and a scene or two with legitimate hilarity, but mostly it's just mediocre. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Feels so slight and trivial, like a cute but small idea blown up to proportions it does not merit. A surprisingly unfunny, belabored and unimaginative comedy, Bee Movie is a huge disappointment considering the extent of Seinfeld's participation. Read full review
40
Washington PostDesson Thomson
The more the movie progresses, the more you realize how much Seinfeld's voice sounds like a droning bee -- the kind you want to swat away. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
The film will be huge. It’s busy. It’s kinetic. It’s a treat for kids. But like much of Seinfeld’s work outside his TV show, it’s impersonal. It doesn’t come from anywhere interesting. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia Puig
It's so unfunny it almost stings. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Bee Movie isn't a B movie, it's a Z movie, as in dizmal. Read full review
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