Bee Movie
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 2, 2007
6.4
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Generally favorable reviews based on 382 Ratings
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JPKApr 28, 2017
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. It's wings are too small to get it's fat little body off the ground. The bee of course flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think isAccording to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. It's wings are too small to get it's fat little body off the ground. The bee of course flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.
I'm sorry but I couldn't resist! :)… Expand
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6
HyperSDec 8, 2008
It seems the common census here is, to take a line from the movie, "Why doesn't someone just step on this little creep so we can all go home?" For me however, I thought the movie was fine. Sure there were moments of disbelief, but its It seems the common census here is, to take a line from the movie, "Why doesn't someone just step on this little creep so we can all go home?" For me however, I thought the movie was fine. Sure there were moments of disbelief, but its not that big of a deal. Just turn off the brain and stop trying to over analyze the movie to death with prison camps and slavery references. The animation was fine, the ending was upbeat, the cast of characters was respectably interesting, and the acting was fine. A solid 6.… Expand
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4
grandpajoe6191Oct 9, 2011
"Bee Movie" is a decent animated movie at its best; the story's bland and generally fragile in structure, the animation isn't the best one, and the voice acting sucks. Recommended for 5 year old kids.
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6
TBDOPEY22Feb 22, 2011
Good Movie for the kids. It was a funny movie with lots of good moral points. It is a great movie to add to the kid's collection. There are time's that it drag's out,but there are fun fact's in the story for some good information.
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5
[Anonymous]Apr 25, 2008
At least it was good.
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4
DukeJonMay 28, 2018
A really odd film. Firstly, bees just aren't funny. A movie about a bee wining and dining a woman is just plain creepy. A group of bees suing humans for their use of honey makes no sense. There aren't nearly enough funny moments, and theA really odd film. Firstly, bees just aren't funny. A movie about a bee wining and dining a woman is just plain creepy. A group of bees suing humans for their use of honey makes no sense. There aren't nearly enough funny moments, and the graphics and animation are surprisingly poor, looking more like a playstation 2 game at times. I suspect that this movie would have bombed even harder at the box office without Jerry Seinfelds name on it.… Expand
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6
jordiNov 3, 2012
Interesante por el tema, por el protagonista, por la lucha de clases, por la amistad o amor entre desiguales, etc.... Pero olvidable, y lejos de aventuras como Hormigas o Bichos.
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5
FranzHcriticJul 24, 2014
A movie with an attempted philosophical statement on individualism that ultimately is too silly and makes fun at itself for being the silly. 'Bee Movie' is a bland story that in the second half, becomes stupid and hard to watch. Half theA movie with an attempted philosophical statement on individualism that ultimately is too silly and makes fun at itself for being the silly. 'Bee Movie' is a bland story that in the second half, becomes stupid and hard to watch. Half the characters are unlikable and boring. It has some moments, I'll admit, but they are too few to overlook the several painfully unfunny scenes that otherwise should have been hilarious.… Expand
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4
HunterW.Jan 6, 2009
While it had few funny moments the premise of the movie is annoyingly and totally unrealistic, movies like Bug's Life and Ant Z handled the idea of a bugs community way better than Bee movie. In Bee movie everything collapsed for me ( While it had few funny moments the premise of the movie is annoyingly and totally unrealistic, movies like Bug's Life and Ant Z handled the idea of a bugs community way better than Bee movie. In Bee movie everything collapsed for me ( including my suspension of disbelief ) the moment the bees started suing the humans, it is just a ridiculous and weird situation and isn't helped by the fact that all the world suddenly accepted that the Bees can talk to humans, why only Bees and why only now ... it just feels so forced. If you want to watch a good animated movie about bugs i recommend Bug's life or Ant Z, both handled the idea of a bugs community way better and kept it separate from the human world which made more sense.… Expand
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JacobFeb 6, 2014
This is really hard for me to say because I really enjoyed this movie as a kid and thought it was hilarious but this movie is obnoxious. The film has some good ideas, occasional clever jokes, and nice animation/score. However, the film isThis is really hard for me to say because I really enjoyed this movie as a kid and thought it was hilarious but this movie is obnoxious. The film has some good ideas, occasional clever jokes, and nice animation/score. However, the film is bogged down by trying way too hard to funny resulting in a lot of bad puns and comes across a bit more obnoxious than funny. I’d say if you have kids show it to them they’ll mindlessly enjoy it. For everyone else though check it out if you want but I’m not going to highly recommend this film. It has some funny moments but not enough to make this a great comedy like Shrek 1 & 2. Shame that a studio that has made great movies could make something that ranges from mediocre to decent.… Expand
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5
skyminsterMay 26, 2012
Bee movie isn't too good, but it isn't too bad, it's kind of okay. Its got a few funny jokes that make you laugh, but it has terrible unfunny jokes that make you not laugh at all. It has a kind of okay plot and good voice acting, but it hasBee movie isn't too good, but it isn't too bad, it's kind of okay. Its got a few funny jokes that make you laugh, but it has terrible unfunny jokes that make you not laugh at all. It has a kind of okay plot and good voice acting, but it has bad, cheesy moments with awful music. Meh.… Expand
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MovieGuysSep 24, 2013
Barry Bee isn't a very likable protagonist, yet Seinfeld acts like he's a hero. That might pay off in some cases, however it doesn't do anything but damage the movie here.
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5
RayzorMooseNov 13, 2013
Bee Movie is quite literally a B-movie.
Really a likeable main character, very little story with just a few moral points, and very few laughs. It is far from awful but really not great by any stretch.
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5
Delaforce828Oct 13, 2014
Meh, not anything special really, just average. Lacks the humor that the other DreamWorks films have and kinda' falls flat, I don't think it's god awful but it's definitely pretty close to the worst.
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4
WJSNov 27, 2015
The first portion of this movie is fairly funny but it drags on and really doesn't amount to much. It does look good and it's well cast, with decent voice work from its all star cast.
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5
CineAutoctonoDec 19, 2015
Bee Movie was a fun movie , but not very interesting , but stands the plot, characters and animation beautifully carved . While there is no consent about it.
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6
EpicLadySpongeJan 3, 2016
Bee Movie has tried to be interesting. Oh, it got that interesting part alright. It's not completely interesting though. Sometimes, you just have to give the movie a break to think about what would bees do that they wouldn't do in this movie.
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5
SharonTNov 3, 2007
A few funny minutes but gaps of tedium.
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RandaH.Oct 30, 2007
Honey. Not funny.
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6
kittyfJan 5, 2008
the Bee Movie was pretty good, I thought it was well played out.
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5
SteveM.Apr 6, 2008
It's better then shrek.
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5
TroyKNov 2, 2007
Wait for DVD. Went with my mother, sister and 2 nephews and everyone had a hard time staying awake. Had it's moments, but who cares? The only interesting thing of note is that it's release just happens to coincide with the recent Wait for DVD. Went with my mother, sister and 2 nephews and everyone had a hard time staying awake. Had it's moments, but who cares? The only interesting thing of note is that it's release just happens to coincide with the recent honey bee's disappearing scare, There was even a trailer about it before the movie. But then, the movie ends happily leaving you to feel like everything is ok with the honey bee. Yes, I am weird, but it's not just me is it?… Expand
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5
ClintH.Jan 28, 2008
Tune into an episode of Seinfeld instead of this. At least Jerry did a good job at THAT.
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ChadSJan 7, 2008
"Bee Movie" lost me in the courtroom. Talk about a buzzkill. It reminded me of the "Seinfeld" finale when Jerry and his friends are put on trial for not caring. In the hive, "Bee Movie" is at its anthromorphic best, as we nod with "Bee Movie" lost me in the courtroom. Talk about a buzzkill. It reminded me of the "Seinfeld" finale when Jerry and his friends are put on trial for not caring. In the hive, "Bee Movie" is at its anthromorphic best, as we nod with recognition about the day-to-day drudgery of our lives. Because of Renee Zellweger's wonderful voice-over work, the interspecies relationship between Barry(Jerry Seinfeld) and Vanessa has a surprisingly winsome charm. It's easy to see why Barry falls in love with her. Too bad the movie gets away from its modest strengths and overreaches with some barely concealed social commentary about our country's shameful past. "Bee Movie" alludes to the slave trade when Barry learns that bees are producing honey in forced labor hives. "Bee" could stand for "B", as in "Black", since the returning of the honey to its rightful owner sounds an awful lot like slave reparations. "Bee Movie" is also hampered by some shaky plotting(the sequence in which Barry and Vanessa reintroduce flowers to the ecosystem may strike you as bizarre) and inappropriate cameos by pop culture icons(the bee version of a television newsman took me completely out of the movie). "Bee Movie" should've stayed in the animal kingdom and made bears their primary nemesis. Vanessa could've been some sort of Jane Goodall-type, or a forest ranger.… Expand
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AdamM.Mar 3, 2008
First off, I did find this movie mildly amusing at parts, but it ultimately is completely unbelievable, even in the fantasy world of a cartoon. They do the right thing by showing the human character Vanesa being shocked that a Bee is First off, I did find this movie mildly amusing at parts, but it ultimately is completely unbelievable, even in the fantasy world of a cartoon. They do the right thing by showing the human character Vanesa being shocked that a Bee is talking, but then the entire world not only goes along with it, but winds up letting themselves be sued by the now sentient species? I don't care who flames me for this, because the movie points it out to make fun of itself. The bees are jewish, reffered to as Bee-ish in the movie. Classic Jewish stereotypes are abound in this lackluster film, and though Seinfeld remains one of my favorite shows of all time, Jerry sounds like a hack with every over the top line he delivers in this one. I think it was unnecessary for them to go for the jewish joke, then have the bees sueing people, I mean come on... they even went so far as to have the film end on the bees flying through a Kite shaped like the star of david. Geez guys, bees in slavery, reparations of honey, all that, then the movie turns a 180 and says that was all better for the world, and the bees shouldn't have tried to change anything? MIXED message from this one. Either way, any other digital animation movie should teach this one it's tricks. Create a fantasy world that might exist within our own, not one that tries to sue us, hahaha.… Expand
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JohnR.Nov 12, 2007
It felt like DreamWorks trying to make a Pixar movie . Of course Pixar works through their movies until the plot doesn't suck and the jokes are actually funny.
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4
gm101May 26, 2011
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I can see the message that they're trying to tell in the movie, but the execution was completely horrible. Yes, I chuckled at Larry King's bee version, but Bee Jesus, ugh...… Expand
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5
MovieLonely94Jun 11, 2011
Barry B. Benson, a bee who becomes disappointed just because he'll only get one job for his entire life, joins a team responsible to bring honey from the pollen of the flowers to visit the human world outside the hive. Once there, he meets aBarry B. Benson, a bee who becomes disappointed just because he'll only get one job for his entire life, joins a team responsible to bring honey from the pollen of the flowers to visit the human world outside the hive. Once there, he meets a human florist named Vanessa by breaking the most important bee law after being saved. They become friends as Barry discovers that the humans have stolen all of the bees' honey from the hive to sell it and decides to sue the human race along with the disastrous consequences of nature.

I caught a screening of this in late December of 2007 the same year it came out and really enjoyed it. A few years later, I found it to be quite a guilty pleasure. I'll talk about the bad things.

The storyline wasn't interesting and was too predictable, (like Shark Tale) it had overused clichés from other CGI movies, it lacked a sense of adventure and the storytelling was weak. Now for the good things.

The acting wasn't half bad, the characters were very likable, the CGI animation and art design was very pretty to look at, the jokes in the second half wasn't funny, but the ones in the first half was way better than the ones in Shark Tale, and the music score was decent compared to Hans Zimmer.

Overall, Bee Movie isn't good or bad either. It's mediocre at best, but at least Dreamworks Animation tried and it's worth a watch on DVD. Try again, you guys.

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5
aaronpaul121May 24, 2012
It's an average movie which had funny moments, an amateurish plot, descent graphics and terrible voice acting........
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6
TyranianApr 7, 2019
Pretty entertaining animation with good humour and voice acting but dodgy visuals and premise.
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gzayas91Aug 1, 2018
This was weird and boring. Not my favorite, I much watch Antz, better story and better characters. Animation is good, but not enough.
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4
jeff_reviewsJul 5, 2013
"Bee Movie" is just average like most animated films, and doesn't provide much to tell. The voice acting is so-so and the plot is so-so as well, but for kids, it would probably considered decent.
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FreedomFightersNov 10, 2016
They weren't lying, "Bee Movie" is definitely not one of DreamWorks' best. Granted, it's not BAD by any stretch of the word, it's occasionally pretty funny, solidly acted and pretty well-animated, but it's just unfortunately dull, not asThey weren't lying, "Bee Movie" is definitely not one of DreamWorks' best. Granted, it's not BAD by any stretch of the word, it's occasionally pretty funny, solidly acted and pretty well-animated, but it's just unfortunately dull, not as well-written and not as charming as some of DreamWorks' better films. It's not the worst thing you'll watch, and kids should find something to like here, but it's nothing stellar. Walk in with the right expectations, and you might get a kick out of it.… Expand
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MrMovieBuffJan 10, 2017
'The Bee Movie' has a very interesting premise, especially for a harmless family film, but that's only from the marketing... it's what actually happens in the movie you need to see for yourself. Not only does the plot seem ambitious, but it'The Bee Movie' has a very interesting premise, especially for a harmless family film, but that's only from the marketing... it's what actually happens in the movie you need to see for yourself. Not only does the plot seem ambitious, but it also comes across as creepy, and weird... especially for a family film. We meet a honeybee named Barry B. Benson (voiced by Jerry Seinfeld, who also co-wrote the movie), who has recently graduated from college, and is excited to be working at Honex industries, a honey making workplace where bees are destined to work until the day they die. This news doesn't phase any of the other bees that are keen to get started, but for some reason, this bothers Barry. The idea of working until the day he dies only bothers him simply because he seems to think like a human. He is a bee, why doesn't he act like one? Why does his mind work differently to everyone else? You don't see a human being bothered about why trees are tall and green, other human beings accept it, and you just do because that's how it is. Barry joins the Pollen Jocks, who travel outside of the hive to collect pollen from flowers. Once Barry gets lost in the city rain, he ends up inside the house of a human florist named Vanessa (Renee Zelwegger). Her boyfriend, Ken (Patrick Warburton) attempts to squash him, but Vanessa decides that this is not the right thing to do, and wants him to be set free. Barry wants to thank Vanessa for her saving his life, but this would break the code as bees are not allowed to communicate with humans, somehow, Barry and Vanessa do communicate (I assume in this movie, bees and humans speak the same language?), which lead to a close bond, and then to an awkward and creepy attraction which someone must have questioned when this movie was pitched. There is nothing more to say about this movie other than that it's creepy, not funny, not clever, and just forgettable. The film's co-writer and star, Jerry Seinfeld must have had some good intentions when making this family film, but all the ideas end up getting lost in translation. Whatever sounded good on paper, clearly didn't translate very well as far as it's visual execution.… Expand
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LegoLover58Nov 29, 2016
The film has its moments but it's mostly a barrage of bad bee puns. The only relatable character in the film is vilified.
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SuperemeMar 5, 2017
I say it is in the Midldle............................................................................................................................
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MendelStievsAug 7, 2018
meh, ni tan buena ni tan mala, solo es zafa, la historia termina siendo soza y aburrida, aunque hay un tanto de desarrollo, aunque este mismo desarrollo de personajes termine siendo no muy sasticfactorio, y la animacion es entre decente ymeh, ni tan buena ni tan mala, solo es zafa, la historia termina siendo soza y aburrida, aunque hay un tanto de desarrollo, aunque este mismo desarrollo de personajes termine siendo no muy sasticfactorio, y la animacion es entre decente y buena. 5.5/10… Expand
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MaddoxWhiteApr 25, 2021
I could say so many things about how this movie is just so bad, but I feel like Jerry just made it like that on purpose.
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superfrog281Aug 27, 2023
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was a strange movie. It's mildly entertaining, has interesting characters, and Jerry Seinfeld voicing a character in an animated movie is unique but phenomenal, but I felt like at times the movie drags a bit in terms of plot, pacing, and energy. The climax also got me a bit confused. I would have liked it more when I was 8, or when I was the same age when I watched Over The Hedge for the first time, but still, one of the weaker Dreamworks Animated films in my opinion.… Expand
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