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- 2018
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
- 2018
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
Summary On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug. [Paramount P...
Directed By: Travis Knight
Written By: Christina Hodson
- 2018
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
- 2018
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 54 m
Bumblebee
66
6.9
Where to Watch
Summary On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug. [Paramount P...
Directed By: Travis Knight
Written By: Christina Hodson
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 39 Critic Reviews
66
69% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
28% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 39 Critic Reviews
66
69% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
28% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
John Cena is top billed, and though his brick-jawed military man doesn’t actually get many scenes, he does get a disproportionate share of the script’s best lines. He gives good muscle, but Bumblebee brings something even more important — and actually transforming — to the series: a sense of humor, and a heart.
There’s a lot to like here, particularly Steinfeld’s performance.
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 598 User Ratings
6.9
68% Positive
406 Ratings
406 Ratings
20% Mixed
121 Ratings
121 Ratings
12% Negative
71 Ratings
71 Ratings
User Score
Generally favorable
Based on 598 User Ratings
6.9
68% Positive
406 Ratings
406 Ratings
20% Mixed
121 Ratings
121 Ratings
12% Negative
71 Ratings
71 Ratings
This robot has the personality of a child and for that fact the movie is great and all the bad moments that the robot goes through are anguish.
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It doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but Bumblebee feels revolutionary within the confines of a long-running franchise like Transformers.
To put it in terms Charlie would dig, “Bumblebee” is like an 80s mixtape that’s all hits, no deep cuts. Nothing here surprises save the perspective. But that’s enough to save it.
Knight, coming from a born animator’s background, retrofits the intergalactic Sturm und Drang for a more humanistic tone that manages to be both more entertaining overall and moderately Spielbergian (he continues to executive produce the franchise) in this tale of a girl and her big, lovable, lemon-colored E.T. It’s a kinder, gentler Transformers movie for the holidays. Go figure.
Thematic muddles would matter less if Bumblebee delivered more as an action movie, but despite some neat car-chase complications, this series remains stubbornly averse to shaping its action barrages into satisfying set pieces.
There's not only nothing new here, there's nothing convincing either. And if I'm supposed to judge Bumblebee based on how well it succeeds at what it tries to do (rather than what came before it), it's still not very good.
Bumblebee. A completely new take on Transformers. A sweet and kind family film in which there is practically no such drive as in the entire previous series of films. Special praise for the amazing soundtrack. As well as beautiful views of California.
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Bumblebee was for me a movie that goes from good, to ok, to just super cheesy, the first 30 minutes was good, the next 30 minutes was ok, and the rest hour was meh, to have a real drama story in a Transformers movie or at least in a movie set in Transformers world is what many people wanted to, but when it's too much drama and especially it fills with uninteresting characters like Memo that his chemistry and relationship with Charlie i didn't buy at all, cheesy dialogue and scene that they didn't have in the first hour, and unused character like John Cena where i felt they supposed to make him more villainous and menacing as the two Decepticons, that's basically my whole problem with the movie, also too few action, but when it was on it was great, i like it, Hailee character was likeable enough, Bumblebee was cute, the two Decepticons was menacing, i like the first hour, i was entertained mostly, and the most importantly i was not bored at all and that was a major pros, overall i didn't hate Bumblebee but it still a very flawed film, it's basically for me a too few action and too much drama movie, the two didn't balanced perfectly, but it's still nice to feel a new atmosphere with the new director and the reboot of the franchise, hopefully it's getting better.
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Bumblebee can best be summarized as two steps forward, two steps back. It’s story is much more polished and highbrow compared to the Michael Bay Transformers films, cutting out unnecessary crass humor and poor arc development, but still falls victim to extremely insufferable and often pointless human characters as well as relying on bad decisions to forward the plot. CGI is a bit more cartoony compared to previous films and may be deliberately so, which could be good or bad depending on the viewer’s point of view, but still looks fantastic. Soundtrack and sound design is serviceable, but nothing as iconic as Steve Jablonsky’s first Transformers soundtrack or as good as Bay’s sound editing either. Overall, it falls on the better end of the Transformers film spectrum, but that’s a pretty low bar to clear.
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all the previous transformer movies were horrible, but they were filled with action filled scenes and CGI. this movie lacks everything. very boring story line. very predictable story line and everything else is also lackluster...even my kids said the movie is boring. not sure why it got some much hype, glad i did not waste money at the theater and waited for the DVD. even renting a DVD is waste.
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Production Company
Hasbro,
Tencent Pictures,
Di Bonaventura Pictures,
Bay Films,
Tom DeSanto/Don Murphy Production,
Allspark Pictures,
Laika Entertainment,
Paramount Pictures
Release Date Dec 21, 2018
Duration 1 h 54 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Every adventure has a beginning
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 3 Nominations
Teen Choice Awards
• 3 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Nominations
