Movie Review for Bee Movie

Summary: Barry B. Benson is a graduate bee fresh out of college who is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a rare trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans are mass consumers of honey and decides to sue the human race for stealing bees' honey.

                         Reviews of Bee Movie
By John Wirt of Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (7/0)
            Bee Movie is never an unpleasant experience, but it's never a particularly engaging or funny film...

By Michael Sragow of Baltimore Sun (7/0)
            Genuine silliness is so rare a quality these days that it shouldn't go undervalued, even in a swe...

By Fred Topel of Can Magazine (7/0)
            It's still the Dreamworks model of big, recognizable voices playing their personas, but this time...

By Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times (7/0)
            ...tries hard, but never really takes off.

By Joshua Tyler of CinemaBlend.com (7/0)
            It's bee-buzzingly silly.

By Roger Tennis of Cinemaclips.com (7/0)
            "Bee Movie" has a little bit of something for everyone. It's loaded with action and sight gags fo...

                         Reviews of Bee Movie
By Chris Vognar of Dallas Morning News (7/0)
            The film's charm, quickness and design carry the day.

By Chris Vognar of Dallas Morning News (7/0)
            The film's charm, quickness and design carry the day.

By Alex Markerson of E! Online (7/0)
            ...the story can't find the sweet spot...

By Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
            Instead of gently skewering the conventions of contemporary animation, it simply follows them to ...

By Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly (7/0)
            ...the film is nutty, ecological, antically funny, and moving, all at the same time.

By Eric D. Snider of EricDSnider.com (7/0)
            It's a minor film. It'll be amusing once and then forgotten.

                         Reviews of Bee Movie
By Rob Vaux of Flipside Movie Emporium (7/0)
            Beyond its basic concept, Bee Movie hasn't the first idea where to go.

By Kirk Honeycutt of Hollywood Reporter (7/0)
            ...you sense the strain to get any comic action going.

By Glenn Whipp of Los Angeles Daily News (7/0)
            Jerry Seinfeld's comic sensibility enlivens this tale of a bee who wants to fly by the seat of hi...

By Carina Chocano of Los Angeles Times (4/3)
            ...nothing about the movie resonates emotionally

By Kyle Smith of New York Post (7/0)
            After Shrek the Third's flatulence jokes, the return of that Seinfeldian wit brings animation up ...

By Kyle Smith of New York Post (7/0)
            After Shrek the Third's flatulence jokes, the return of that Seinfeldian wit brings animation up ...

                         Reviews of Bee Movie
By A. O. Scott of New York Times (7/0)
            The real fun is the insect shtick.

By Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (7/0)
            Seinfeld's quick wit and glib personality are strong enough to give the scattershot story an illu...

By Frank Swietek of One Guy's Opinion (7/0)
            Isn't quite as funny as The Swarm...neither frisky nor imaginative enough to merit even its short...

By Susan Tavernetti of Palo Alto Weekly (7/0)
            The weak storyline hovers over a scene while foraging for material and then flits off to a new si...

By Gary Thompson of Philadelphia Daily News (7/0)
            A friendly, joke-stuffed animated feature.

By Betty Jo Tucker of ReelTalk Movie Reviews (7/0)
            Seinfeld's droll, witty observations add to the adult appeal of 'Bee Movie,' and youngsters will ...

                         Reviews of Bee Movie
By James Berardinelli of ReelViews (7/0)
            ...this is another disappointing animated effort...

By Peter Travers of Rolling Stone (7/0)
            ...truly beguiling...

By Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com (7/0)
            Bee Movie just lacks spirit and energy. Part of the problem may be that, as far as I'm concerned,...

By Peter Hartlaub of San Francisco Chronicle (6/1)
            ...mostly it's just mediocre.

By Andy Spletzer of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (7/0)
            The riskiest move Seinfeld made was to create an unlikable protagonist who is wrong every step of...

By Claudia Puig of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (7/0)
            The story is tedious and often seems to be running on empty.

                         Reviews of Bee Movie
By Dana Stevens of Slate (7/0)
            The movie's more than cute, funny, and (at 81 minutes) brisk enough to move families in and out o...

By Brian Tallerico of The Deadbolt (7/0)
            One of the better animated films of the year, an enjoyable and consistently clever ride courtesy ...

By Robert Wilonsky of Village Voice (7/0)
            Rock has but two scenes in the film, but he needs a hundred more. Give the man his own movie, ple...

By Willie Waffle of WaffleMovies.com (7/0)
            made for kids with more bee puns than Carrot Top and Kenny Bania could ever imagine

By Desson Thomson of Washington Post (7/0)
            Bee Movie feels phoned in on every level.

By Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader (3/4) No reference
            The whole thing's pretty cute and breezy.

                         Reviews of Bee Movie
By Michael Phillips of Chicago Tribune (3/4) No reference
            ...given the Seinfeld pedigree it's something of a disappointment.

By Jeff Vice of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (3/4) No reference
            This digitally animated feature is not a great movie, but it is colorful, imaginative and solid e...

By Scott Von Doviak of Fort Worth Star-Telegram (3/4) No reference
            Kids should get a kick out of it, but anyone craving Seinfeld's usual brand of funny business wil...

By A. O. Scott of New York Times (3/4) No reference
            The most genuinely apian aspect of Bee Movie is that it spends a lot of its running time buzzing ...

By A. O. Scott of New York Times (3/4) No reference
            The most genuinely apian aspect of Bee Movie is that it spends a lot of its running time buzzing ...

By Stephen Whitty of Newark Star-Ledger (3/4) No reference
            The movie has some pretty pictures and a few good jokes, but not nearly enough. And the story suf...

                         Reviews of Bee Movie
By Stephen Whitty of Newark Star-Ledger (3/4) No reference
            The movie has some pretty pictures and a few good jokes, but not nearly enough. And the story suf...

By Jan Stuart of Newsday (3/4) No reference
            Infectiously amusing? More often than not.

By Jan Stuart of Newsday (3/4) No reference
            Infectiously amusing? More often than not.

Movie Distributors
DreamWorks SKG
Paramount Pictures

Production Companies
DreamWorks Animation

Movie Studios