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Jerry-built

Seinfeld’s Bee Movie gets a D-

By PETER KEOUGH | October 31, 2007

0.5 Stars

Worst of all, the visuals just make you feel bad. Has there ever been an uglier animated feature? The eerie, fever-dream-like faux three-dimensionality, the cyborg-like humanoids, the septic, etiolated colors. And the bees: fat asses, spindly legs, crash-test-dummy faces, and, to top it off, even a Bee Larry King (Larry King). Ugh. Jerry, you’ve got nothing left to lose.

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Jerry-built

Peter, this is a cartoon movie--why does it piss you off so much? Who cares if it's crap--it's a CARTOON MOVIE! I love (some) cartoons, but I'll take Larry David's sense of humor applied to Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm hands down over a cartoon movie, regardless of how "cute" and "witty" it tries to be. In the end, it's still a CARTOON. Why get yourself worked up? BEE happy, Jodi

By Jodi on 11/06/2007 at 10:42:14

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