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| View Larger Image | Bee Movie (Widescreen Edition) | DVDStarring: Jerry Seinfeld
| List Price: | $19.99 | | Price: | $13.99 | | You Save: | $6.00 (30%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 91 minutes | | Format: | AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Dreamworks Animated | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 2.35:1 | | Release Date: | March 11, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 3,608rd |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Description
"Bee Movie" is a comedy that will change everything you think you know about bees. Having just graduated from college, a bee by the name of Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice—honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa (Renee Zellweger). He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bee’s honey for centuries. He ultimately realizes that his true calling in life is to set the world right by suing the human race. That is until the ensuing chaos upsets the very balance of nature. It is up to Barry to prove that even a little bee can spell big changes in the world. |
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There aren't a lot of choices in a bee's life: a bee attends a few days of school, graduates from college, and chooses a job in the hive that he'll labor at for the rest of his life. Barry (Jerry Seinfeld) is different from his best friend Adam (Matthew Broderick) and all the other bees: he wants to see the world outside the hive and can't begin to contemplate doing the same job for his entire life. Naturally, the life of the "pollen jock" bees appeals to Barry because it's the only job that takes a bee outside the hive and into the larger human world. Once outside the hive, Barry breaks the most sacred bee law and speaks to a human named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger) in order to thank her for saving his life. A relationship quickly blossoms and leads Barry to the discovery that humans are stealing honey from the bees and selling it for their own profit. Vowing to hurt the humans the one place they’ll feel it, Barry brings a legal suit against the honey industry and the courtroom drama begins. There are some hysterical moments in the film, as one would expect from a Seinfeld production, and an abundance of one-liners, double-meanings, slapstick humor, and innuendo-laden dialogue that will keep adults guffawing throughout the show. Still, the whole concept of seeing the life of a common pest through non-human eyes is getting repetitive thanks to films like Ratatouille, Flushed Away, Open Season, and Over the Hedge. It should be noted, though, that this first foray into animation by Jerry Seinfeld was four years in production due to its collaborative nature, so its theme may actually have well predated all of the aforementioned films. Children ages 5 and older will love the bees' silly antics, though many of the jokes will go right over their heads and parents should be cautioned about some mildly suggestive humor. More than just a comical film about the life of one very different honeybee, Bee Movie is a social commentary that pokes fun at human behavior while stressing the importance of doing even the most menial job well and championing the power of working together toward a common goal. There's even a lesson to be learned from the bees about controlling one's temper. --Tami Horiuchi |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 147 reviews)
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Bee-rilliant... by IrishDad (WV United States)  5 Stars
November 07, 2009
We bought this for our 4 year old son, he has watched it before when he was younger, but this time round it is having so much more of an effect, i am glad we bought it - we don't have to "send it back"!
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Pixar's "Ishtar" by Lloyd Christmas  1 Stars
October 09, 2009
One of the most asinine things I've ever wasted an hour and a half on.
I guess this was going to happen sooner or later: Consider this Pixar's "Ishtar."
The whole thing has the feel of nepotism or something along those lines: as though it was written by an amateur with no conceptual talent, no writing talent--but an amateur who knew somebody important, or was related to somebody important, or who had dirt on somebody important and somebody important owed him a favor, so being allowed to write this and make this, to desecrate the sensibility of even very young human beings with this non-sense, non-funny piece of garbage, was the payback for that favor. This thing wreaks of "non-talent" in the whole conceptual design: I mean, right from the start, the whole concept is asinine: Daddy and Mommy bees? Son and daughter bees? Families of bees? Uh, aren't nearly all bees female? That's just the start of the mountains of incongruities here, that go beyond asking a viewer to just suspent his credulousness. Or, how about a bee falling in love with a human woman, and it's reciprocated? Huh?? Or, how about a man showing young children how to start their own bathrooms on fire, using aerosol spray cans and a match? Yeah, that was well thought out by these irresponsible clown filmmakers. Or, how about promoting more lawsuits, in the form of this idiot bee sueing honeymakers, in a country with 10x more lawyers already than any nation in the world, where litigiousness is hideously over-rampant and should be STOPPED already? Or, how about a swarm of bees "landing" a Jumbo Jet? Oh, the humanity! Make it stop!
Why such noteworthy actors such as John Goodman and Matthew Broderick would ever sign on to do the voiceovers here shall remain a mystery to me, as unfathomable as the bottom of the Marianas Trench.
This seriously does not merit anymore of my time, so I'll end it here.
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Fun - If it would play... by Vintage Valley  3 Stars
September 12, 2009
I purchased this adorable blu ray. My son loved it; I loved it; the whole family loved it! Then, one day *poof* it stopped working! Not sure why. Other blu rays continue to play just fine on my player... ? If anyone knows, perhaps let me know why! Thanks~
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The bee movie is the bomb by Airreen Freeman (chicago il) 5 Stars
September 03, 2009
I call my daughter bumble bee as we enjoy the movie very much...The service was prompt and we are very happy
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technical problems prevent viewing by Gail E 1 Stars
August 23, 2009
I wouldn't know if this is a good movie or not because I tried 3 different DVD's and none worked. I checked other slots on the DVD player, checked for dirt, damage, made sure other DVD's worked - nothing solved the problem. I eventually just asked for a refund.
I don't know what the technology is for this DVD but it doesn't seem to work.
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