Claim: Jerry Seinfeld worked with Americans.

Bee Movie is a 2007 American computer animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures . Directed by Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner , the film stars Jerry Seinfeld and Renée Zellweger , with Matthew Broderick , Patrick Warburton , John Goodman and Chris Rock in supporting roles . Its story follows Barry B. Benson -LRB- Seinfeld -RRB- , a honey bee who sues the human race for exploiting bees after learning from his florist friend Vanessa -LRB- Zellweger -RRB- that humans sell and consume honey .   Bee Movie is the first motion-picture script to be written by Seinfeld , who co-wrote the film with Spike Feresten , Barry Marder , and Andy Robin . The film was produced by Seinfeld , Christina Steinberg , and Cameron Stevning . The production was designed by Alex McDowell , and Christophe Lautrette was the art director . Nick Fletcher was the supervising editor and music for the film was composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams .   The cast and crew include some veterans of Seinfeld 's long-running NBC sitcom Seinfeld , including writer/producers Feresten and Robin , and actors Warburton -LRB- Seinfeld character David Puddy -RRB- , Michael Richards -LRB- Seinfeld character Cosmo Kramer -RRB- , and Larry Miller -LRB- who plays the title character on the Seinfeld episode `` The Doorman '' -RRB- . Coincidentally , NBC was host to the broadcast television premiere of the film on November 27 , 2010 .   Bee Movie opened on November 2 , 2007 . Upon release , the film was met with mixed reviews , with primary criticism directed at the film 's premise . While ultimately barely profitable , its box office performance of $ 287.6 million failed to recoup its $ 150 million budget .