Review of Bee Movie (2007) by Thomas . — 01 Apr 2011

"Bee Movie" is yet ANOTHER one of DreamWorks' attempt to get on par with other animation companies such as Fox, Disney, and Pixar. This is not to say this is a terrible movie, it truly isn't.

For little kids it would play out the best, but older audiences I fear would find it a huge bore. But aside from the fact that one can't just simply point fingers and say "it's a kid's movie, they can get away with that," there are some problems with the film in detail.

The first, the fact that it's about a bee. Yes, a bee. That's why the call it "Bee Movie." Now, whether that is just to satirize the true meaning of a "B" movie, or if it is to make us sympathize with the audience over it's main character, both fail.

Secondly, too many movies about colonies and "finding yourself" have been made and up to this point I have just grown tired of them. Not even all the seemingly would-be clever pop-culture references couldnâ(TM)t save this movie.

There's even a scene where Ray Liotta(in CGI form any everything) makes an appearance. That was what drew the line for me. I couldn't tell from there what this movie was going for, it was just ridiculous.

And once again, I must address the animation. This was only one year after "Over the Hedge," and I still don't see any improvement. There's a particular setting, the Bee's bee hive which looked particularly cartoonish and over-the top.

It didn't look like a place where bees lived. It looked like a coloring book that a toddler scribbled the hell out of, and have to his Producer dad who put it in this bad movie. Voicing seemed a little inappropriate too, as ONCE AGAIN DreamWorks tries to save their film with an all-star cast.

Particular voices like Patrick Warburton had me tearing my hair out in annoyance, the same foes for Chris Rock. All I can say is, with a film called "Bee Movie" what else can you expect? It lived up to it's title.