The directors both have experience in the field, with Steve Hickner having been in charge of Prince of Egypt and Simon J. Ratatouille and even Shrek the Third have offered more impressive visuals this year. The CGI is nice but not the kind of thing that's going to have viewers staring agog at the screen. The animation and voice work fall into the "nothing special" category. In this case it's Chris Rock's mosquito named Mooseblood, but his limited screen presence makes him instantly forgettable. Bee Movie also has the requisite big-mouthed sidekick (think "Donkey" from Shrek). It's possible to enjoy the movie's satirical bent without becoming enamored of the project as a whole. Most of the humor is Seinfeld-dry and the storyline isn't the kind of thing that's going to enthrall many viewers, regardless of their age. There are also no song-and-dance numbers, although the film sneaks in "Here Comes the Sun" and provides Sting with a cameo. Or a short sequence when Vanessa's friend Ken (Patrick Warburton) tries to do in Barry. Since there's really no action to speak of, the animators trump up a little, such as a car ride in the bee hive that's like a roller coaster. The movie tries with limited success to incorporate elements that will keep children (and adults) from becoming restless. While this allows for some satirizing of the legal system and results in the best line (a mosquito explaining why he's a lawyer), it's where Bee Movie goes into a tailspin. His solution: file a lawsuit accusing the human race of theft. This liaison leads to complications, however, when Barry accompanies Vanessa to a supermarket and discovers that humans are stealing honey from bees. She is charmed - not to mention a little startled - by the talking bee, and the two of them strike up a friendship. On his first foray, he almost gets himself killed but is saved by Vanessa (Renee Zellweger), a human woman who owns a flower shop.
Benson (Jerry Seinfeld), whose insatiable wanderlust leads him out of the hive and into the wild world. And conformity is not merely a desirable characteristic, it's a necessary one. Since bees don't live very long, their entire time in school is nine days (three for grammar school, three for high school, three for college). This time, it's a bee hive, and some of the parallels are clever. 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.Īs is the case with many animated movies, this one starts by taking us into a non-human society where all the creatures have taken on human characteristics. Moreover, while adults may get something out of Bee Movie, it's hard to understand what it has to offer to kids besides the flashy animation and a couple of video game-inspired sequences. It's a little weird and a little subversive, but mostly it's just dull. As befits something from Seinfeld's pen, the screenplay contains a smattering of amusing one-liners, but the plot sputters before dead-ending. Having seen the film, I can believe that. The press notes for Bee Movie indicate that Jerry Seinfeld came up with the title before he had an inkling what the story might be.
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