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Bee Movie
a C Grade

Bee Movie 

There are so many movies out that just aren’t fit to take your kids too.  I have a young daughter and I eagerly wait for kid friendly movies to come out.  I love going to the movies and I’m thrilled that she’s finally old enough to enjoy them too, but honestly, there’s not a lot I can take her to see.  Even animated movies are a gamble.  Most of them have so much adult content it’s hard to know what age demographic Hollywood is going for.  I took my daughter to see Bee Movie last night and I’m happy to say that it contained no offensive material.  It did, however; have a lot of material that was ‘over her head’. 

Bee Movie tells the story of Barry Benson, voiced by Jerry Seinfield, who is starting his career in honey making.  But he’s unsatisfied with the idea of doing the same job every day for the rest of his life (feel you there Barry).  So he sets out of the hive to see what the world has to offer, to experience life before he settles down.  He discovers the world has more to offer then could have ever imagined, but there is one downside – humans.  Humans hate bees and try to kill them whenever we spot one.  And Barry almost meets his maker at one point but is saved by Vanessa, Renee Zellweger.  Barry strikes up a friendship with Vanessa and disobeys the bees #1 rule: Do not talk to humans. 

From this point on the movie kind of spirals down and begins to move at ‘honey’ speed – slow.  Barry is outraged when he discovers humans steal honey and he decides to sue the human race.  (No, seriously – he really does.)  There are a lot of funny parts and witty one liners, but the second half of the movie is a bit of a let down.  About 90% of the audience laughter happened in the first 40 minutes of the movie. 

I’m not saying I hated the movie. We had a lovely time out and my daughter enjoyed herself, but I enjoyed Ratatouille way more. 

Bee Movie earns a C grade.