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It was meant to be comedian Jerry Seinfeld's comeback. After starring
in "Seinfeld", one of the most successful TV shows of all
time, the actor tries to make a comeback with "Bee Movie"
almost a decade after the show ended. But even with all the hype, this
movie fails to thrill and falls flat.
Seinfeld serves as the voice for the protagonist, co-writer and co-producer.
There are a few good jokes sprinkled here and there but the plot flits
too fast and too haphazardly for this animated movie to sink in properly.
This rushing off into subplots hastily is the undoing of what would
otherwise been a pretty good movie.
It has the usual hallmarks of an animated movie with the special effects
and the jokes but the script fails to deliver.
Seinfeld is the voice for the bee Barry B. Benson who he has gone to
school to prepare for work. But a bee gets to pick just one job and
stick with it for life. Though the other bees seem happy with his arrangement,
Barry wants more from life and so he decides to accompany the other
bees, who collect pollen.
On this trip he accidentally meets a human florist (Rene Zellweger)
and befriends her. He then finds out that humans steal honey from bees
and decides to sue the human race.
The plot buzzes off at such speed that the viewers don't have much
time to take it in. They have little chance to connect with the protagonist
or empathise with the plight of the bees.
Apart from the jokes, comedian Chris Rock playing a mosquito injects
some life into the film. But he gets only as few scenes.
The moments with the human florist are warm but the romantic undercurrent
raises some awkward questions about such a pairing.
The interaction of the human and bee worlds has also been well depicted
in some scenes, such as the one where Barry finds himself stuck to a
tennis ball and is hit back and forth. In another scene, Barry duels
a store clerk with his stinger while the human wields a pushpin.
The genius of the show "Seinfeld" was its allusions to pop
culture and "Bee Movie" has its fair share. It takes a jab
at rocker Sting and the actor Ray Liotta but the movie is not cohesive
enough and the humour comes only in fits and starts.
Another hallmark of the show was the insightful observations and this
explains the strongest point of the movie. The characters in Seinfeld
usually sat around and talked - a lot. And the movie is best when the
characters are just talking or arguing. But when it shifts to the action
it doesn't quite take off enough to make us care.
The movie isn't going to provide Seinfeld with quite the comeback he
could he hoped for. He could try again and this time if he just stuck
to the observational humour and build a movie around that he just might
succeed.
