BEE MOVIE
HONEY, I AMUSED THE KIDS!!
By Vishal Verma

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What is it?
Yummy!! Hmm! This honey is choo chweet and bee-utieful. I was thoroughly entertained in this lively burst of nonsense that has little agenda except to amuse. Bee Movie is Dreamworks Pictures' best animated movie according to me though it is not the funniest of all, ‘The Simpsons’ hold that position for being much more than a mere animation movie.

But it’s still the same Dreamworks model of big, recognizable voices playing their personas, but this time it's an actual movie too.

Bee Movie tells an endearing tale about fitting in and pushing life's boundaries - even if the struggler or the warrior’s uniform is yellow and black.

Jerry Seinfeld's first foray onto the big screen is original, witty and funny, his trademark droll, witty observations (also credited for the screenplay) add to the movie’s adult appeal. Missed Jerry Seinfeld’s show on T.V? No Problem! Watch ‘Bee Movie’ and be satisfied.

What is it all about?
A list voice cast, taking us into the ordered world of industrious, honey-making bees. As Seinfeld's newly graduated bee Barry makes his first trip up and down the honey-filled rollercoaster, he is confronted by the realities of his future existence. Imbued with the brash confidence of youth coupled with the insecurity to commit to being, say, a Crud Remover in the mandatory honey business, when the cocky nectar-collecting Pollen Jocks ask him 'Are you Bee enough?' he finds himself flying into a clear blue sky, through the multi-coloured box kites and flowers of Central Park. It's a gorgeous sight as he buzzes over the Park into Manhattan, the start of his extraordinary bee adventure.

He gets stuck on a tennis ball mid-match and on a car windshield where Chris Rock's outrageous Mooseblood Mosquito screeches his own brand of hilarity. There's an unlikely friendship cum romance with Renee Zellweger's almond-eyed florist Vanessa and a jocular relationship with Matthew Broderick's fellow-grad bee Adam. The court scene when Barry sues the human race for stealing the bees' honey against John Goodman's rotund lawyer is good fun with Oprah Winfrey lending her talents as the voice of a dignified yet sometimes confused judge.; watch out for Sting's cameo as a witness.

What to look out for?
This fresh and zany animation delights both the young and old. Be it the eye-popping colors, or the zippy flying sequences. It appeals. It is about the workplace lifestyle and the caste system in such a world. It maintains excitement and joy for everything, and a sense of innocence. It's not trying to be clever, it's just having fun.

What not?
Like any good satire, it is outrageous too. Random gags may hit out of nowhere, but mainly they find all the logical humor in the bee world and human world colliding, ignoring only the fact that bees and humans can't actually talk.

Conclusion: Get infected by this buzz of Fun this X’mas ‘Honey’!