Bee Movie

Plot synopsis:
A honey bee named Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) has recently graduated from college and is about to enter the hive's Honex Industries honey-making workforce alongside his best friend Adam Flayman (Matthew Broderick). Barry is initially excited to join the workforce, but his courageous, non-conformist attitude emerges upon discovering that his choice of job will never change once picked. Later, the two bees run into a group of Pollen Jocks, bees who collect pollen from flowers outside the hive. The Jocks offer to take Barry outside the hive to a flower patch, and he accepts. While on his first pollen-gathering expedition in New York City, Barry gets lost in the rain, and ends up on the balcony of a human florist named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger). Upon noticing Barry, Vanessa's boyfriend Ken (Patrick Warburton) attempts to squash him, but Vanessa gently catches and releases Barry outside the window, saving his life.
Barry later returns to express his gratitude to Vanessa, breaking the sacred rule that bees are not supposed to communicate with humans. Barry and Vanessa develop a close bond, bordering on attraction, and spend time together frequently. Later, while Barry and Vanessa are walking through a grocery store, Barry is terrified to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bees' honey for centuries. He decides to journey to Honey Farms, which supplies the grocery store with its honey. Furious at the poor treatment of the bees in the hive, including the use of bee smokers to subdue the colony, Barry decides to sue the human race to put an end to the exploitation of bees.
Barry's mission attracts wide attention from bees and humans alike, and hundreds of people show up to watch the trial. Although Barry is up against tough defense attorney Layton T. Montgomery (John Goodman) the trial's first day goes well. That evening, Barry is having dinner with Vanessa when Ken shows up. Vanessa leaves the room, and Ken expresses to Barry that he hates the pair spending time together. When Barry leaves to use the restroom, Ken ambushes Barry and attempts to kill him, only for Vanessa to intervene and break up with Ken. The next day at the trial, Montgomery taunts the bees, which causes Adam to sting him. Adam's actions jeopardize the bees' credibility and put his life in danger, though he manages to survive. While visiting Adam in the hospital, Barry notices two people smoking outside, and is struck by inspiration. The next day, Barry wins the trial by exposing the jury to the cruel treatment bees are subjected to, particularly the smoker, and humans are banned from stealing honey from bees ever again.
Having lost the trial, Montgomery cryptically warns Barry that a negative shift in the balance of nature is imminent. As it turns out, the sudden, massive stockpile of honey has put every bee out of a job, including the vitally important Pollen Jocks. As a result, without anything to pollinate them, the world's flowers slowly begin to die out. Before long, the only flowers left with healthy pollen are those in a flower parade called "The Tournament of Roses" in Pasadena, California. Barry and Vanessa travel to the parade and steal a parade float, which they load onto a plane to be delivered to the bees so they can re-pollinate the world's flowers. When the plane's pilot and copilot are knocked unconscious, Vanessa is forced to land the plane, with help from Barry and the bees from Barry's hive.
Armed with the pollen of the last flowers, Barry and the Pollen Jocks manage to reverse the damage and save the world's flowers, restarting the bees' honey production. Humans and bees are seen working together, and certain brands of honey are now "bee-approved". Barry becomes a member of the Pollen Jocks, helping to pollinate the world's plants. Barry is also seen running a law firm inside Vanessa's flower shop, titled "Insects at Law", handling disputes between animals and humans. The film ends with Barry flying off to a flower patch with the Pollen Jocks.

Tags: psychedelic, humor, satire

Review:
And I kind of enjoyed the story, it was a little odd and funny.It is unusual among animated movies in that its focus is jokes, kind of like a stand-up act.
If you are expecting an incredible story or thrilling action or amazing animated beauty, then you might be disappointed.As lighthearted humor with playful animation, and a great ending song, the film is a success..
And much like DreamWorks' previous animated film, Sharktale, featured many fish-themed puns, Bee Movie tries the same thing, except with bee puns, and you'll learn fairly quickly that there's not a lot to work with in that area.
It does eventually find itself in some odd, uncharted territories (could a bee really fall in love with a human?), there are plenty of funny moments, and yes, even some of those puns work.
Jerry Seinfeld, who has taken a lot of pride in writing, producing, acting in, and promoting the movie, does do a very good job voicing the main character.
Keep an eye out for news stories about children getting stung by bees after trying to make friends with them once they see the movie.
Sharp, funny animated feature about a beemused young bee and recent college graduate who learns that he's destined to work a routine colony job for the rest of his life.
My only regret in life is that I cant see this movie for the first time again, and yet upon each re-viewing I find myself peeling back more and more of the metaphysical layers to this enthralling epic of tragedy and redemption.Jerry Seinfeld delivers an Oscar worthy performance as Barry B.
The results can bee bittersweet, and downright hilarious at times, and ultimately enriches the audience with its tantalizing charm and wit.As far as political agendas go, "Bee Movie" dares to not shy away from allusions of Eco-Fascism and the Socialist working class struggle, and faces the Globalist honey collecting hordes head on through judicious and peaceful means.
Bee Movie stands as a decent effort that slowly tries to entice us into its colorful animated world.
The story deals with a recently graduated bee named Barry (voiced by Jerry Seinfeld) that begins to feel that there's more to life than working his butt off just to fabricate honey.
After they get to know each other, Barry finds out and immediately reacts outrageously to the fact that humans eat the very same honey that all the bees in the world work exhaustingly to make, just for the humans to make a profit out of it.
This leads to a series of events that result in a catastrophic environmental outcome and it becomes Barry's mission to put it back the way it ought to be.I'm a big Seinfeld fan, but I gotta say, hearing Jerry's voice coming from an animated bee is something of a bizarre experience, as I didn't think his voice really fit the character, and this off-putting perception made the viewing experience a bit distracting.
For this one, I'd say this is not a film adults will run out and buy: rent - yes/maybe; purchase - no.The animation and story might be something kids will still enjoy but most of the gags fall flat for adults, although it does have a few clever things in it.
Everything has clever little names, mostly variants of "bee" or "honey." Only problem is that in this case, most of the clever naming and theming of the bee world falls flat, stupid, and causes eye rolls - as opposed to say, Cars, which did it about a thousand times better.Next to Bee Movie, even the usual also-rans of animation such as Over the Hedge, and Madagascar, seem like genuine masterpieces and instant classics.
All the talent in the film (and there's a lot: Renee Zellweger, Oprah Winfrey, Chris Rock, Matthew Broderick, Kathy Bates, etc) doesn't change the fact that there's very little about this movie that's original, witty, or funny.Overall, the movie was predictable and boring and, coming from a famous comedian, what could be worse than that?.
This movie was previewed as a wonderful little kids film about bees.
Awful in the 'I just lost $8.50' way." The overall story was not engaging and felt empty.The comedy was sub-par, with only the few slapstick gags actually bringing any laughs.The musical score had nothing engaging, which is disappointing from Hans Zimmer.The voice acting was good and so was the cgi, but they just acted a bad movie well.In the end it was horrible.
The role of Barry Benson was just made for Seinfeld, can't think of anyone better to be cast as the voice.Plenty of humor for the kids and adults alike.
I found it to be terribly funny with a boatload of adult references that the kids in the audience missed (Barry to Bee Larry King, "How old *are* you?" and many others), but they were too engrossed in all the slapstick crashing, splatting and flying through car engines to care.
know one wants to watch a movie about a girl and a bee in court making honey?
I am a great fan of "Cars", although before watching the movie I had my bias towards the concept of cars talking and acting like humans.
Barry decides to sue the human race, with destructive consequences to nature."Bee Movie" has a great animation, but unfortunately is silly with an absurd storyline.
One day Barry breaks all the bee rules when he befriends a human lady named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger - great voice!).
Bee Movie is a kids story told in an adult way.
However, unlike Allen and Foley, both of whom were hired after story completion, DreamWorks' Bee Movie was sitcom star Jerry Seinfeld's project from the very beginning.
The film features his usual charm and wit and as is able to succeed without going through the "off-colour adult humour" route that seem to be plague modern animated productions.Like other animated films about talking bugs, Bee Movie portrays its title heroes as human-like, showing a close-up at the hive and comparing the two different species rather comically.
Overall, Seinfeld has made Bee Movie just as intelligent and funny as even Pixar's productions..
The whole story is that the bees don't like people taking their honey so Berry(Seinfeld) takes them to court and sues humans.
There have been so many to this point, it's like they're all the same.Bee Movie is a cute little movie about the life of working bees that come across a corporation selling their honey.
This film is the best of both worlds because it has both the funny little immature things that kids crave, but also humorous one-liners that adults will appreciate.
Not every animated cartoon needs a super well-designed story as long as it's funny and creative, and this movie is both.This movie's approach to depicting bee life was equal parts whimsical and absurd, and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Imbuing a beehive and bees and a society that's very much inspired by bee society (even if it's not exactly accurate) with so many familiar human traits serves as a really great backdrop for a comedic film.The comedy of this movie is really pretty solid too, with a fair number of great laughs and a subtle sense of humor throughout that made it very pleasing and fun overall.
Personally, I really like this tone, especially since the more down-to-earth feel creates a nice and very extreme contrast to the ridiculousness of what's actually going on.Overall, if you're looking for an animated movie that can be genuinely funny even for adults and don't mind (or even enjoy!) absurdity, I recommend you give Bee Movie a chance.
Benson (voiced by Jerry Seinfeld), who had experiences with his mom (voiced by Kathy Bates) and dad (voiced by Barry Levinson), and he recently graduated from college with his best friend, Adam Flayman (voiced by Matthew Broderick of Disney's "The Lion King"), a bee with a toy sword sticking out of his butt.One day, while making honey with the Pollen Jocks, Barry ran into a nice young woman named Vanessa Bloome (voiced by Renee Zellweger of PDI's "Shark Tale"), who is that much of a florist.
Barry soon found out that humans stole the honey from the bees ever since many years ago.Along the way, Barry had several run-ins with various characters, such as Vanessa's partner at tennis, Ken (voiced by Patrick Warburton of Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove"), Mooseblood the Mosquito (voiced by Chris Rock of PDI's "Madagascar"), and a main defense lawyer named Layton T.
But that is what animation is all about making the impossible possible..The voice over by jerry and Renee are extremely well done and also the plot line of the story has Barry(jerry) go through various emotions and thoughts..All in all a very enjoyable movie a must watch for all the kids and honey lovers out there P.S Sting and Winnie the pooh make an appearance in the movie so do a lot of other famous people..
Anyway, this is the story about a bee named Barry who, instead of choosing a job, goes out into the outside world to see if he would like to be a pollen collector.
They become very good friends and more adventures follow...Good for bee lovers of all ages and people who don't mind honey cut out of their lives, enjoy this funny, entertaining, well-done film, "Bee Movie"!
I expected a 'different' kind of story-line from Seinfeld, and, sure enough, the plot included an interesting twist involving bees, a courtroom, and nefarious humans.
There are also a lot of little things going on that only occur to you after a few viewings.Bee movie benefited from some speedy pacing, nifty animation & special effects, fine delivery by Seinfeld, and a great 'performance' by Renée Zellweger.
Jerry Seinfeld is great as Barry its like watching him in the shape of a bee, Chris Rock is wonderful as the mosquito, so hilarious, Renee Zellweger's performance as Vanessa wasn't great but it was good enough, Patrick Warburton as Vanessa's misunderstood boyfriend is great, Matthew Broderick as Barry's friend was good and a brief but funny appearance from John Goodman as the mean lawyer.
So when I first saw Bee Movie advertised, I thought, "That movie looks so bad- I never want to see it." However, I started talking to people I know who had seen it, and they said it was really good.
Overall, the entire 90 minutes of the movie (trust me- it will seem like a lot less when you go see it), I was either on the edge of my seat, laughing my head off, gawking at the great animation, or simply sitting back and enjoying the show.
A new plot shows up, and the rest of the film looks like the writers made a bunch of different movies with the same character and stuck their favourite scenes from each one in the actual film.
Pick something and stick with it!My kid & I enjoyed the occasional jokes and gags, but compared to a well-written animation feature such as Ratatouille, Bee Movie just doesn't stack up.
Whatever it was that they were taking when they came up with Bee Movie, I suggest you have some before watching; it'll make the experience less painful.I've seen some weird films in my time, from the surreal output of Lynch, Miike and Jodorowsky, to the visual excesses of Argento and Gilliam, but I've never seen a film quite as strange as this effort from Dreamworks (whose standards have really been slipping as of late).A kids movie that features talking bees and cows, hints at interspecies sex, mentions suicide pacts, features lengthy courtroom scenes and a freaky dream sequence in which the heroine dies, and ends with thousands of bees helping a jumbo jet to land (!!!), Bee Movie is an unbelievable stinker of monumental proportions, albeit (or should that be 'all-bee-it?') one that keeps you watching purely to see what the hell they'll come up with next.The story starts off with a bee questioning his role in society, turns into a bizarre (or should that be 'buzz-arre'?) love story, becomes (or should that be....alright, I'll stop now) a quest for truth, warps into a courtroom drama, and ends up as a race against time with the fate of the Earth at stake.With barely a laugh to be had (not including those nervous giggling noises that I made as I felt my sanity sliding slowly away from me), I left this film questioning what kind of idiot green-lighted this train-wreck of a project.Bee Movie narrowly escapes getting a 1 out of 10 thanks to its dazzlingly colourful CGI, the very occasional genuinely inspired joke (the bee repeatedly hitting the window, the bugs on the windshield), and the smokin' hot female character, Vanessa (only pixels, I know...
But such a journey isn't a cakewalk, nosir, it's fraught with danger, as Barry gets caught in a car's engine, along with other mishaps, eventually finding his way to a windowsill outside the apartment of one Vanessa Bloome (Rene Zellweger), who saves him from being splattered by her friends.So it's your typical bee-meets-girl movie.
I really liked the animation and the humor all throughout the movie.If you are looking to have a good one and half hour, the bee movie is for you!The final song in the movie fittingly ends it..
I think people are forgetting that this is a child's movie and are being way too critical, the writer was nice enough to include quite a few funny jokes that would make an adult laugh, so quit your belly-aching and enjoy this funny animation.Even though its not in the league as toy story or finding nemo its really up close in the top.
But it has the traditional storyline of breaking from for what your supposed to 'bee' (:D) and becoming something of an individual, which i think is good for children to know.I found myself laughing out loud from this kids film even if I'm 17.
The story gets going quite quickly but its done gently enough to feel attached to the characters.I think the voices were a great choice and the comedic timing was really good.
Clever but not that well done animated film from Jerry Seinfeld.The premise is that Jerry is a bee who on his first day at work end up being saved by Renee Zellweger.
I was told by a friend that it was great, and I have always been a fan of movies like Toy Story, Bugs Life, etc.I am also a fan of Jerry Seinfeld, so I really had some expectations good expectations for this movie.This move was funny in a few places and started out stronger than it ended.
I will put my copy of the bee movie signed by jerry Seinfeld in my will and it would be passed on generation through generation.
By the way, I know Vanessa's animated, but she's actually HOT.ADDITIONAL VOICES are supplied by the likes of Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates, Barry Levinson, Larry King, Ray Liotta, Sting, Oprah Winfrey and Rip Torn.The film runs 91 minutes.GRADE: A.
With the use of well placed humor and remarkable voice acting, Bee Movie left me hysterical and wanting to watch it again and again..
Celebrity voices, let's see, we have Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Larry King, Ray Liotta, Sting, Barry Levinson, Kathy Bates, and even Oprah Winfrey.
"Bee Movie" is a clever and cute cartoon, with some great lively animation, and a plot that holds through until fairly close to the end.Jerry Seinfeld voices Barry Benson, a bee fresh out of school and onto a new career, but if you choose one, you have to stick with it until death.
He is appalled by the way bees are treated, having humans take their honey, so he, along with the help of his new human friend Vanessa, sues the human race.It's actually quite a funny, if not corny (at times) movie.
The movie also has many references that are fun to pick out, including ones of the Graduate and the Godfather.Bee Movie is great for kids, adults will enjoy some inside jokes, and fans of Jerry Seinfeld won't be disappointed.My rating: *** out of ****.
Barry loves his time in the wider world until he discovers that humans harvest honey in bee "camps" and decides that it is time to take a stand.On the face of it Bee Movie looks like a lot of fun  all the quality that we have come to expect from animated features such as Toy Story and Shrek with the acerbic wit of Seinfeld to appeal to the adults in the way that these films always have references and one-liners for us.
Maybe it is my age but the bee jokes were just lame and got old after the first five hundred times jerry Seinfeld made them.
The dialogue, animation and story all appeal to adults and children alike; all that help make Bee Movie immensely enjoyable!.
Benson, a graduate of the hive who becomes a lawyer and wants to rid the human race of stealing their honey, but after a courtroom trial, he would learn the hard way the true meaning of life of a bee.As in so many animated movies, all the actors are recognizable playing characters that best match their TV and screen personas, so you will have no trouble identifying them.
No Fun at All. The movie made me laugh (only about 4 times), but none of the jokes had anything to do with the story.
One will end up wondering how such plain fare could make it to the big screen.The laughs are few and far between and some of the subject matter is not really suitable for young children.I can't help feeling that this movie really doesn't know who the target audience is.The story centers on a young and restless bee named Barry Banson (voiceover by Jerry Seinfeld), who has just graduated from college.