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Bee Movie

Play trailer Poster for Bee Movie PG Released Nov 2, 2007 1h 31m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Animation Play Trailer Watchlist
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49% Tomatometer 172 Reviews 53% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
Fresh out of college, Barry the Bee finds the prospect of working with honey uninspiring. He flies outside the hive for the first time and talks to a human, breaking a cardinal rule of his species. Barry learns that humans have been stealing and eating honey for centuries, and he realizes that his true calling is to obtain justice for his kind by suing humanity for theft.
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Bee Movie has humorous moments, but its awkward premise and tame delivery render it mostly forgettable.

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Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: B- Feb 18, 2012 Full Review Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 17, 2011 Full Review Steven D. Greydanus Decent Films Rated: C Oct 29, 2008 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Seinfeld's brand of observational humor is in full force, only imbued with more imagination and irony when applied to the bee world. Rated: 3/4 May 3, 2024 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins While the premise is unique, the approach is generic. Rated: 5/10 Nov 24, 2020 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Apparently, when money talks good ideas walk. Rated: 2.0/4.0 Sep 2, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Anne P I LITTERALLY CANT BELIEVE IT THIS MOVIE HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST UNDER RATED MOVIES IN THE HISTORY OF MOVIE MAKING!!! As a kid me and my sister would just watch this movie over and over and over again. Its so sad to see people hating at such an innocent cute little film!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/11/24 Full Review Jerald F Peak cinema entertainment, would absolutly recommend to everyone including people you dont know, like i went to CVS holding a picket sign that read "WATCH THE BEE MOVIE" I tellllll you HWAT Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/11/24 Full Review Samuel J Corny…….very corny.. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/06/24 Full Review Thu T Bee. That’s all I have to say. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/19/24 Full Review Maggie B Loved this movie! Jerry is still a genius! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/21/24 Full Review Julian R Bee Movie changed my life. It saved my 10 year long marriage. It saved my child. It rescued my dad from lung cancer. Love it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/16/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Fresh out of college, Barry the Bee finds the prospect of working with honey uninspiring. He flies outside the hive for the first time and talks to a human, breaking a cardinal rule of his species. Barry learns that humans have been stealing and eating honey for centuries, and he realizes that his true calling is to obtain justice for his kind by suing humanity for theft.
Director
Simon J. Smith, Steve Hickner
Producer
Jerry Seinfeld, Christina Steinberg
Screenwriter
Jerry Seinfeld, Spike Feresten, Barry Marder, Andy Robin
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Pacific Data Images (PDI), DreamWorks SKG, Columbus 81 Productions, DreamWorks Animation
Rating
PG (Mild Suggestive Humor)
Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 2, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$126.6M
Runtime
1h 31m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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