Bee Movie
Movie, 2007, Originals, Set in New York
Bee Movie is #15 of 51 in release order and #10 of 51 in chronological order in the DreamWorks Animation.
The story
Barry B. Benson, a recent college graduate who wants more out of his life than making honey, decides to sue the human race after learning about the exploitation of bees at the hands of mankind. What will happen next?
Bee Movie recap
Barry B. Benson is a bee who has just graduated and does not want to spend his life at one job in the Honex honey factory. He flies out with the pollen jocks, gets stuck in New York and is saved by Vanessa Bloome, a florist, breaking bee law by speaking to her. They become close friends. In a supermarket Barry discovers humans have been selling honey all along, and he sues the human race for stealing it. With the help of a blustering defence lawyer, Layton T. Montgomery, and Barry's own speeches, the bees win. All honey is returned, and with nothing to do the bees stop working. Without pollination, flowers everywhere begin to die.
Bee Movie ending explained
Barry and Vanessa take the last healthy flowers from the Pasadena Rose Parade, and when the plane carrying them loses its pilots, the bees guide it to a landing. The bees use the roses' pollen to start pollinating again, and the world's flowers recover. Barry ends up working as a lawyer for the animals, running his practice from Vanessa's flower shop.
Post-credits scenes
Scenes from a bee's life play during the credits. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Bee Movie
Bee Movie isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 49%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Shrek the Third, before Kung Fu Panda.
- Chronological order: after Flushed Away, before Monsters vs. Aliens.
What to watch before Bee Movie
In release order, 9 DreamWorks Animation essentials come before Bee Movie (2007), from Antz (1998) to Flushed Away (2006).
Cast
- Jerry Seinfeld as Barry B. Benson (voice)
- Renée Zellweger as Vanessa Bloome (voice)
- Matthew Broderick as Adam Flayman (voice)
- Patrick Warburton as Ken (voice)
- John Goodman as Layton T. Montgomery (voice)
- Chris Rock as Mooseblood (voice)
- Kathy Bates as Janet Benson (voice)
- Barry Levinson as Martin Benson (voice)
- Larry King as Bee Larry King (voice)
- Ray Liotta as Ray Liotta (voice)
- Sting as Sting (voice)
- Oprah Winfrey as Judge Bumbleton (voice)
Directed by Simon J. Smith, Steve Hickner.