Article: FILM REVIEW: Fun returns to animation in 'Bee Movie'

C. Glen Bellamy
University Wire
11-01-2007
(Daily Utah Chronicle) (U-WIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- The sheer, unabashed absurdity of "Bee Movie" is a refreshing alternative to all the dumbed-down, dim-witted, children-only movies from the animation renaissance of the last few years.

Since computer animation officially replaced hand-drawn, Pixar has managed to make consistently excellent movies over the last decade or so.

Everyone else jumped on the animation bandwagon, with mostly mediocre results. DreamWorks Animation made "Antz" and the original (and awesome) "Shrek," but have also made such forgettable (or, in some cases, awful) films as "Madagascar," "Over the Hedge" and "Shrek the Third" ...

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