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Created Mar 01, 2008 01:40PM PST • Edited Mar 01, 2008 01:40PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Good 3.0

   Jerry Seinfeld entertains and DreamWorks SKG make another quality family film, but the cameos were distracting to the story, which could’ve been funnier.

4. Acting

   Good 3.0

   Seinfeld produces this moderately funny movie and voices Barry B. Benson, a bee uneasy about his upcoming work career. Rene Zelleweger voices human character Vanessa Bloome, a local florist who befriends Barry. Their purposely absurd relationship provides several funny and sweet moments. The exterior street scene where they debate the fastest movement of their respective species is priceless.

5. Male Stars Good 3.0

6. Female Stars Good 3.0

7. Female Costars Good 3.0

8. Male Costars Good 3.0

10. Film

    Great 4.0

    Directors Steve Hickner and Simon Smith work with outstanding graphics, which come through well, especially in the human characters. The screenplay makes a bumpy shift into the second act with the overdrawn legal storyline about the stolen honey.

11. Direction Great 4.0

12. Play Great 4.0

13. Music Great 4.0

14. Visuals Great 4.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Tame 1.3

    No edge really, but I can’t think of any unused bee characteristic; writers utilize source material bee-utifully backed by some accurate research.

17. Sex Innocent 1.3

18. Violence Gentle 1.3

19. Rudeness Polite 1.3

21. Reality

    Glib 1.5

    The bee world has lots of fun, roller coaster like elements, but uneven logic hurts the story when it’s noticed. For example, Barry flies outside the hive for the first time and can instantly recognize a box kite, yet doesn’t know what glass is. Logistical debates could be explained (maybe their bee news station shows these things), but the transitions among the jokes and action becomes disjointed.

22. Circumstantial Glib 1.5

23. Biological Glib 1.5

24. Physical Glib 1.5