Review of Bumblebee (2018) by Paul M — 10 Jan 2019

This movie is as ridiculously overrated as the entire Transformers franchise. BumbleBee plays like a demo fx reel.

This review of Bumblebee (2018) was written by Paul M on 10 Jan 2019.

Bumblebee has generally received positive reviews.

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