![]() There are child-friendly puns, but it’s also crammed with Seinfeld’s trademark observational humour (making up for his loveable but limited acting range – even vocally). It’s more a ‘7 and up’ plotline, dense and occasionally dealing with rather sweeping issues. Like its competition, Ratatouille, Bee Movie’s biggest hurdle is that it’s pitching to an older market. His style is as much a pleasure as ever it was – if you’re familiar with it. Initially there concerns whether Seinfeld could shoulder a whole movie, but those are answered early on, as his breezy manner gels with the bright colours and silly shapes. Which brings us to the leading man himself. But it’s Renee Zellweger who deserves special mention, making something out of nothing as Barry’s only human friend, getting by on pure sparkle. Patrick Warburton – aka Elaine’s mechanic boyfriend Puddy in Seinfeld – is as great as ever, and John Goodman is good value as always, this time as an oily southern lawyer. Strangely though, it’s the human characters who shine this time. There are many enjoyable games of ‘spot the celeb’ to be had: Chris Rock is instantly recognisable as a mosquito, while those who know Rip Torn’s work will enjoy his ever-likeable presence as a flight commander. The more personalities that appear, the less time they have to develop, and it’s testament to the depth of talent in the voice cast that they remain even as memorable as they do. This sprawling tale creates problems with its characters. Cue courtroom drama, visions of slavery and upsetting the delicate balance of the ecosystem among the usual guest voices and pop covers of old songs. Bee discovers humans are harvesting honey from bee farms. From there, it should be easy.īee ventures outside, bee meets girl (human). So we’re happily launched into Barry the Bee’s colourful, impossibility-free life, in a hive full of rollercoaster roads and colourful, vaguely Jetson-like homes. A narrator points out that bees shouldn’t, by any human understanding of aerodynamics or logic, be able to fly, but that bees have never really cared. Wisely, we open on a nice piece of natural absurdity. The answer became obvious, and here we are, with a new animated effort from Dreamworks. Never a fan of his own acting, Seinfeld wanted to a) perform new material, and b) not do it in front of a camera. Many mistook the public ‘retiring’ of his show for retirement altogether, but the comic did still want to work. Since then we’ve barely seen him, apart from the odd commercial, YouTube short or documentary on stand-up (if you have region 1 DVD). It’s been nearly a decade since Jerry Seinfeld ended his era-defining namesake show.
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