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Article: Bee Movie
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- The Village Voice
- Article date:
- November 7, 2007
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Bee Movie
Directed by Steve Hickner and Simon J. Smith
Paramount Pictures
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After making a mint off a series about nothing, Jerry Seinfeld apparently decided that his first feature film ought to be about something-in the case of Bee Movie, the enslavement and torture of bees for the pleasure and profit of humans, which is, like, hilarious. Alas, there's only so much you can do with talking bugs that hasn't already been covered in A Bug's Life, Antz, and The Ant Bully. For all the muscle and money behind Bee Movie, it still feels unfocused and unfinished. For a while, it's cute family fun-a visually sumptuous and goofy hour during which Barry (Seinfeld) discovers he doesn't want to ...