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72
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71
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71
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65
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64
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64
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64
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63
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62
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62
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61
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60
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57
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57
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55
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54
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54
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53
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53
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51
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51
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49
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49
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47
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47
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47
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46
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45
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43
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43
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43
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42
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39
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37
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36
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36
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36
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36
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35
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35
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34
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34
My Best Friend's Girl
31
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27
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26
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24
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24
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15
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85
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85
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83
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82
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82
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81
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80
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80
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80
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80
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79
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78
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78
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77
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75
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75
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74
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74
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73
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73
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73
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72
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72
Priceless
72
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72
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71
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71
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71
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70
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68
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67
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67
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67
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66
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66
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66
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65
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65
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64
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64
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64
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64
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63
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63
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63
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63
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63
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62
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62
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62
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62
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61
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61
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61
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61
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59
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58
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57
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57
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57
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57
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56
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56
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55
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55
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55
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55
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55
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55
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54
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54
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53
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53
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52
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52
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52
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51
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49
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47
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47
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46
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46
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44
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39
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39
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37
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33
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28
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26
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25
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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xx
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Bee Movie
DreamWorks Animation
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FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG for mild suggestive humor, and a brief depiction of smoking
Starring
Jerry Seinfeld,
Renée Zellweger,
Matthew Broderick,
John Goodman,
Chris Rock,
Patrick Warburton,
Kathy Bates,
and
Rip Torn
Having just graduated from college, a bee by the name of Barry B. Benson 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 City florist named Vanessa. He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bees' honey for centuries, and ultimately realizes that his true calling in life is to set the world right by suing the human race for stealing the bees' precious honey. (Dreamworks)
| GENRE(S): |
Animation
|
Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Andy Robin
Barry Marder
Spike Feresten
Jerry Seinfeld
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Steve Hickner
Simon J. Smith
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 11, 2008
Theatrical: November 2, 2007
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| RUNNING TIME: |
90 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
91
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Agreeably skewed fun.

75
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
At its relaxed best, when it's about, well, nothing, the slyly comic Bee Movie is truly beguiling.

75
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Kids are going to adore looking at this movie, living in it, flying through and above its brilliant landscape. It's an animated joyride over a relief map of Manhattan. I just wish the script was as good as the paint.

75
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Dazzling fun. Jerry is master of a new domain.

75
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The movie's not even close to Pixar standards - the animation is slapdash and the story construction's a mess - but the vibe is loose-limbed and fluky, and the gags have an extra snap that's recognizably Seinfeldian.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
It has enough buzzing wit and eye-popping animation to win over the kids - and probably more than a few parents, too.

70
Newsweek
David Ansen
I'm not sure what kids are going to make of Bee Movie. The shiny, vivid computer-animated images pop off the screen with the vibrancy of the Pixar movies, but the understated, throwaway humor is pure Seinfeld: adult, observational, feasting on the small ironies of human (make that "beeish") behavior.

70
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
The real fun is the insect shtick.

67
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
Jerry Seinfeld's foray into feature animation will delight young kids and leave their elders alternately amused and bemused.

67
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
It's good to have Seinfeld back, even in this watered-down form.

67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Andy Spletzer
The riskiest move Seinfeld made was to create an unlikable protagonist who is wrong every step of the way, but treat him like a hero.

63
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
This candy-colored animated fable is an awkward mix of corny bee puns, clever sight gags, kid-friendly action, adult-centric workplace angst and Seinfeld's distinctive navel-gazing wit. And what's up with those four-legged bees?

63
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Much of this wordplay is clever, though there’s something off with the plotting.

63
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
On the whole, this is another disappointing animated effort and it resides considerably lower on the totem pole than this year's current non-live action champion, "Ratatouille."

60
Empire
Sam Toy
The depth of talent in the cast and gag writing shines through, but it’s only just enough to take your mind off of the flat animation.

60
Slate
Dana Stevens
The movie's more than cute, funny, and (at 81 minutes) brisk enough to move families in and out of the multiplex in mass quantities, like the social insects we are.

58
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
If an animated movie isn't competing with Pixar to dazzle the eye, it had darn well better hit the heart or the funny bone. With its wee little stinger, Bee Movie misses both.

50
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Feels so slight and trivial, like a cute but small idea blown up to proportions it does not merit. A surprisingly unfunny, belabored and unimaginative comedy, Bee Movie is a huge disappointment considering the extent of Seinfeld's participation.

50
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Just another ambitious, lavish animated adventure, pretty enough to look at, but ultimately foundering on the weakness of its script.

50
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
The whole thing's pretty cute and breezy, but don't expect logic or coherence.

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
Maybe Bee Movie is another ground-breaking show about nothing – a hornet's nest of hype for a fat hive of nothing. If so, pay up and get stung.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
All of this material, written by Seinfeld and writers associated with his television series, tries hard, but never really takes off.

50
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
There's no real jeopardy. The stakes are low. It's a bee movie about nothing.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Hartlaub
Has a few charming moments and a scene or two with legitimate hilarity, but mostly it's just mediocre.

50
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
No nectar of the gods this, but we can still be thankful that Bee Movie is a sweet morsel that's devoid of any jokes about bee farts and poop.

50
LA Weekly
Robert Wilonsky
For all the muscle and money behind Bee Movie, it still feels unfocused and unfinished.

50
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Best viewed as an oddball career move rather than as a successful movie.

50
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
Unfortunately, bees just aren't that funny...Nor is the odd story Seinfeld and his collaborators dreamed up very inspired.

50
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Amiable but no more, Bee Movie puts a hiveful of potent talent at the service of a zig-zigging, back-of-an-envelope story that's short on surprise and originality.

50
Premiere
Glenn Kenny
The result is oddly schizoid, but also so insubstantial that to call it oddly schizoid suggests a weight it doesn't have.

40
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
The more the movie progresses, the more you realize how much Seinfeld's voice sounds like a droning bee -- the kind you want to swat away.

40
New York Magazine
David Edelstein
The film will be huge. It’s busy. It’s kinetic. It’s a treat for kids. But like much of Seinfeld’s work outside his TV show, it’s impersonal. It doesn’t come from anywhere interesting.

38
USA Today
Claudia Puig
It's so unfunny it almost stings.

20
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Bee Movie isn't a B movie, it's a Z movie, as in dizmal.


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