![]() Instead of settling into a cubicle, Barry boldly goes on a flight with the tough-guy pollen jocks, the only ones allowed outside the hive, who collect nectar and pollinate flowers and look cool in their aviator sunglasses.Īfter zipping through Central Park, getting stuck to a ball in a tennis match and dodging raindrops in the film's most thrilling sequence, he meets and falls for a kindhearted florist named Vanessa (Renee Zellweger), who spares him from being squished on the coffee table by her meathead boyfriend (voiceover veteran Patrick Warburton, who also played Elaine's boyfriend Puddy on "Seinfeld").Įven though rule No. Smith and Steve Heckner provide the speedy direction.) (Seinfeld concocted the script with Spike Feresten and Andy Robin, former writers on his show, as well as Barry Marder, author of the "Letters From a Nut" books. "Choose carefully, because you'll stay in the job that you pick for the rest of your life," he's warned, a dig at corporate culture and the closest "Bee Movie" comes to having a point. In a highly detailed set-up sequence, he learns he could be a heater, cooler, crud picker or stirrer like his dad (Barry Levinson Kathy Bates does the voice of Barry's mom). alongside his nebbishy best friend, Adam (Matthew Broderick), making honey as bees have for millions of years. There are some cute lines here and there (and some amusing cameos from Sting, Ray Liotta and Larry King) but because "Bee Movie" is also for kids - who have never been the target audience for "Seinfeld" - bee puns all too often prevail.īarry, a recent college graduate, could go work for the Honex Corp. That should keep his fans, and adults in general, relatively entertained. What distinguishes "Bee Movie" somewhat is that it's flooded with Seinfeld's sense of humor - his trademark observations on the ridiculous minutiae of our daily lives. But the similarity serves as a reminder of the superiority of Pixar's animated offerings - their substance, character development and heart. It's an unfortunate coincidence, because clearly both films were years in the making. Sound familiar? This DreamWorks Animation release shares almost the same premise as Pixar's "Ratatouille," in which Remy the rat left the safety and comfort of hiding with his family and picking through trash to become a gourmet chef in Paris. ![]() ![]() The comic co-wrote, co-produced and stars in this colorful jaunt as a bee named Barry, who dares to leave the tradition and rigidity of New Hive City for the vast unknown of the outside world - specifically, the corner of 67th and Columbus on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Seinfeld's longtime stomping grounds on TV and in real life. There is zero life left in this concept, even if it does spring this time from the fertile mind and absurd sensibility of Jerry Seinfeld. Running time: 90 minutes.įollowing "Antz," "A Bug's Life," "Flushed Away" and this summer's "Ratatouille," "Bee Movie" is yet another animated flick with a starry cast in which a creature that ordinarily would seem pesky is rendered as not just harmless but even lovable and idiosyncratically human. With the voices of Jerry Seinfeld, Matthew Broderick, Renee Zellweger, Kathy Bates, Barry Levinson, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman, Oprah Winfrey, Sting, Ray Liotta, Larry King.
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