Jerry Seinfeld has been a symbol of comedy for the past 15 years. Since the release of the children's book "Halloween ", it seems like Jerry has been trying to venture into the creation of a family oriented comedy. The result was "Bee Movie", a film that is not enough entertainment for young kids and is not not enough funny for adults.

"Bee Movie" follows the story of Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) that after his graduation is reluctant to follow his destiny of becoming a worker inside Hive City making honey. As soon as he sees the opportunity to go out of Hive City, Barry is amazed by all the things that he found outside. In the process of exploring outside he will have the opportunity to meet  a beautiful florist called Vanessa (Renée Zellweger). Things get a little complicate for Barry when he decides to sue the humans for the illegal consumption of honey.    

The beginning of the film is quiet interesting and fascinating. The way bee hive world was presented provided a nice touch of imagination by Jerry and his team. The way everything in the hive world was related to a real world was original and cute specially for little kids.  Unfortunately for adults there are no big laughs that can be recalled from those first scenes.

As soon as Barry (Jerry Seinfield) gets out of the bee hive and he starts interacting with the humans, the film shows a lot of potential and the feeling of watching a new “Sherk” or a new “Toy Story” is sensed in the air. However that feeling disappears immediately after Barry decides to sue the humans for the use of the honey. The idea of a little insect suing the humans sound really funny, the problem is that the way it is played in the film, becomes a little too much of a plot for little kids and nothing exciting for adults. From that point on the film takes u turn deep way South. 

The movie probably would have been better, if Barry have had a funny sidekick, similar to what Donkey was for "Shrek" and what Buzz Lightyear was for Woody in "Toy Story". Ironically the movie had a character that would have added that missing element to the film but was not wisely utilized. This character is  Mooseblood the mosquito voice by Chris Rock that in the couple of scenes that he appear gave the film some fresh adult comedy.

Overall the film is a nice attempt by Jerry Seinfeld into his venture in the world of computer animation films. Most likely many of his fans will be disappointed.
 

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