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Caught a screening of Jerry Seinfeld’s Bee Movie last evening. I’ve missed a few animated features in my day, and I’m ok with that, but this one is well worth seeing. It’s got a great message, for one thing, but the big reason is: it’s got some great laughs. I was in an audience of several hundred Dreamworks employees (not exactly new ground for them) and have never heard so many belly laughs from an audience. It no doubt helped the energy level that the film was introduced by Jeffrey Katzenberg and that about 99% of the crowd were dressed in black and yellow (“Think bee!”). I think it’s safe to say that Jerry Seinfeld being in the house and speaking afterward also amped up the evening a bit. All that aside though: it’s a sweet little movie.
The cast features Seinfeld himself (he’s a bee!) and Matthew Broderick, Renee Zellweger (she’s a human!), John Goodman and Chris Rock, with the immortal Patrick Warburton. Hans Zimmer did the music and the story is by Seinfeld and three other guys. There are moments where you’ll need to not just suspend disbelief, but pack it up and ship it out of the country for safekeeping, but then, it’s a cartoon, so ok. Anything can happen if you’re in a cartoon – or if you’re a bee and you believe you can fly.
4/5
The cast features Seinfeld himself (he’s a bee!) and Matthew Broderick, Renee Zellweger (she’s a human!), John Goodman and Chris Rock, with the immortal Patrick Warburton. Hans Zimmer did the music and the story is by Seinfeld and three other guys. There are moments where you’ll need to not just suspend disbelief, but pack it up and ship it out of the country for safekeeping, but then, it’s a cartoon, so ok. Anything can happen if you’re in a cartoon – or if you’re a bee and you believe you can fly.
4/5