“Bee Film” nearly appears like a fever dream. It is ostensibly for youngsters, however there are a ton of jokes and references solely adults would take pleasure in and even perceive. A type of is the odd relationship between Barry and Vanessa, which will get to the purpose the place Vanessa’s boyfriend, Ken (Patrick Warburton), tries to kill Barry as a result of he is jealous of on a regular basis they’re spending collectively, leading to Vanessa breaking apart with him — over a bee.
Say what you’ll about Jerry Seinfeld, however at the very least he understands his viewers. Making this sort of joke to a bunch of school college students makes plenty of sense, because the graduates would have been little children when “Bee Film” first got here out in 2007. Maybe the film influenced them in methods they’re solely simply starting to grasp. However the concept Barry and Vanessa’s relationship might be learn as romantic is not a brand new growth. Actually, “Bee Film” co-writer Spike Feresten advised The New Statesman that he, Seinfeld, and the opposite writers wanted some perspective: “Typically we might lose sight of these characters within the room … Let’s dial it again to buddy, and make it much less romantic, as a result of it is getting bizarre.”
That weirdness is exactly why the web has most likely beloved making memes concerning the film for therefore a few years. Possibly it is time for “Bee Film 2” to lastly get off the bottom and clear up how Barry and Vanessa are simply associates as soon as and for all.