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Bee Movie

PG Released Nov 2, 2007 1h 31m Kids & Family Comedy Adventure Animation List
50% Tomatometer 174 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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Justin R Bee movie sucks horrible story Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/07/24 Full Review McKay S Clearly Seinfeld has lost his touch. This movie sucks, and anyone who says otherwise was drunk while they watched it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/27/24 Full Review Eli J Ya' like jazz? Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/23/24 Full Review Bobby R Barry is the villain, Ken is the only sane person. Overrated film in my opinion. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/10/24 Full Review Sams K Very good and entertaining. Lots of references from The Graduate to Goodfellas and others. Good story and message. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/08/24 Full Review Jowell T Why is this movie hated This was actually a funny movie This was entertaining I remember watching this every time I go to Netflix Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/31/24 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
Columbus 81 Productions, DreamWorks SKG, Pacific Data Images (PDI), 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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