Bee Movie (2007)

Barry B. Benson, a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.

Directors:

Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith

Writers:

Jerry Seinfeld, Spike Feresten,

Stars:

Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jerry Seinfeld	...	Barry B. Benson (voice)
Renée Zellweger	...	Vanessa Bloome (voice)
Matthew Broderick	...	Adam Flayman (voice)
Patrick Warburton	...	Ken (voice)
John Goodman	...	Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
Chris Rock	...	Mooseblood (voice)
Kathy Bates	...	Janet Benson (voice)
Barry Levinson	...	Martin Benson (voice)
Larry King	...	Bee Larry King (voice)
Ray Liotta	...	Ray Liotta (voice)
Sting	...	Sting (voice)
Oprah Winfrey	...	Judge Bumbleton (voice)
Larry Miller	...	Buzzwell (voice)
Megan Mullally	...	Trudy (voice)
Rip Torn	...	Lou Lo Duca (voice)

Storyline

When the bee Barry B. Benson graduates from college, he finds that he will have only one job for his entire life, and absolutely disappointed, he joins the team responsible for bringing the honey and pollination of the flowers to visit the world outside the hive. Once in Manhattan, he is saved by the florist Vanessa and he breaks the bee law to thank Vanessa. They become friends and Barry discovers that humans exploit bees to sell the honey they produce. Barry decides to sue the human race, with destructive consequences to nature.

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Plot Keywords:

bee | secret life | closing credits sequence | dream sequence | selfishness | 

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Taglines:

On November 2 Hold on to your honey

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild suggestive humor, and a brief depiction of smoking

Details

Official Sites:

DreamWorks Animation [United States] Official site [Spain]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 November 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

A História de uma Abelha

Box Office

Budget:

$150,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£2,281,393 (UK) (14 December 2007)

Gross:

$126,597,121 (USA) (8 February 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DreamWorks Animation, Columbus 81 Productions, Pacific Data Images (PDI)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the first scene they show a collection of white sneakers that Barry owns. In real life, Jerry Seinfeld is said to have a collection of more than 500 sneakers and they are all white.

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Goofs

The jet captain wears a co-pilot/first officer insignia.

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Quotes

Martin Benson: We're very proud of you son and a perfect report card; all B's!

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Crazy Credits

The fishing boy in the traditional opening DreamWorks logo is replaced by Barry the Bee.

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Connections

References Benson (1979)

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Soundtracks

"Sugar Sugar"
Written by Jeff Barry & Andy Kim
Performed by The Archies
Courtesy of Ron Dante

User Reviews

Humorous

It was a light hearted-animated-comedy-for the whole family. It taught good values, like take pride in what you do as a person. But it was geared in my opinion toward little kids. I took my 3 cousins (3 years to 8 Years) and they loved it but they wanted to get bees as pets.... try to explaining why a 3 year old can't have a bee as a pet. When i saw the parts in the court room the way the bees moved in sync it was amazing. It has nothing on the original computer generated movie "Shrek". It set all kinds of ground work for newer movies like The Bee Movie. The CG of the bees flying was a pretty cool look how they all flew in droves just like it was an actual bees taking flight. I think that there should be more family friendly films like this one. But, all in all it was a good Flick.