“Bee Movie,” review by Maitland McDonagh

October 30, 2007 Maitland McDonagh

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Cute, ingratiating, crawling with celebrity voice talent, and steeped in cowriter, coproducer and star Jerry Seinfeld’s New York-centric observational shtick, this candy-colored animated fable is an awkward mix of corny bee puns, clever sight gags, kid-friendly action, adult-oriented workplace angst and Seinfeld’s distinctive navel-gazing wit. Read More

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Maitland McDonagh

Formerly TVGuide.com's senior movies editor/reviewer, Maitland McDonagh now has her own site, Miss FlickChick.com, and freelances for Film Comment, Time Out NY and other publications. She has written four books -- Broken Mirrors Broken Minds: The Dark Dreams of Dario Argento, Filmmaking on the Fringe, The 50 Most Erotic Films of All Time and Movie Lust -- and contributed to many others, including Film Out of Bounds, Fantasy Females, The Last Great American Picture Show and Exile Cinema. Read McDonagh's recent artilces below. For her Women On Film archive, type "Maitland McDonagh" into the Search Box (upper right corner of screen).