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Bee Movie (2007)

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Release Date: November 2, 2007
On DVD: March 11, 2008
Genre: Comedy, Family
Running Time: 84 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG for mild suggestive humor.
Director: Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Writer: Jerry Seinfeld, Barry Marder, Spike Feresten, Andy Robin
Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, John Goodman, Megan Mullally, Kathy Bates, Alan Arkin, Patrick Warburton, Oprah Winfrey

"Bee Movie" is a comedy that will change everything you think you know about bees. Having just graduated from college, a bee by the name of Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice – honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York Read more

Movie Review

Grade: B- Bee Movie, now out on DVD, was nominated for Best Animated Picture at the Golden Globes but denied a similar nomination at the Academy Awards. The movie, starring Jerry Seinfeld, is an entertaining, well-animated comedy, but the Oscars got it right: there's nothing special to be seen here.

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Bee Movie Barf, by Mike

November 8, 2007

I just saw "Bee Movie." It started off so so, with an interesting view of life from a bee's point of view. Then it went downhill, with no redeeming virtues. There were plenty of old cliches and stereotypes, and highly improbable events. After about 30 minutes the only suspense was not whether it was going downhill, but what was the downhill slope.

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