Reviews

Not every film has to be deep and philosophic, or, at the other end, a rip roaring farce or a mind shattering scary movie. There is a role for a film that is light but well done that will make you forget a stressful week at the office. This is one of those.

Forget, the stupidity of treasure suddenly being blown out of a blow hole because it has been discovered, the diving errors, etc. This is a nice story of rekindled love. It is a very positive story.

However, there is nothing in this film that is Oscar worthy. Why should that be a problem? Don't get me wrong, there are some good performances, camera work and music.

This is a very entertaining movie as expected from the cast list and the exceptional trailers, that showcased producer Seinfeld as a human bee and had a cameo appearance of the studio head, Steven Spielberg.

A nonconformist bee graduates after the nine days of mandatory education from which he missed one. He is faced with choosing a job for life which only becomes available on the death of another bee in the very organised bee colony/hive.

He is only interested in one job 'Pollen Jock' for which he has not qualified for on his breeding but gets to try and qualify for at the movie end.

Because a human spares his life, he breaks the bee law of not speaking to humans, discovers that humans obtain honey from bee prison camps, and successfully sues humans to return all the stolen honey. This has effects that he could not have predicted.

There are some biological errors on the role of bees in pollination that are redeemed by the final message of the interrelatedness of all species in nature.

I particularly liked the irony of the bloodsucking mosquito's conversion to lawyer. This exemplifies the use of verbal and visual humour designed for the adult viewer.