Yesterday, Election Day, a school holiday, of course, you could find many of the children of Park Slope at one of the daytime screenings of “Bee Movie” at the Pavillion.
The 2 p.m. show sold out at 1:40 or so. We were lucky to get tickets at all. There was a ticket holders line and a general air of anticipation and fun on the crowded line which snaked around to 15th Street.
“How was it?” I asked a mom leaving the noon showing of the film.
“It was cute,” she said.
I considered going to the simultanous screening of “Dan in Real Life” or “Michael Clayton” while OSFO and her friend went to Bee Movie but decided I wanted to see Jerry Seinfeld’s movie with the kids of Park Slope. And I’m glad that I did.
The film, a bee’s-eye-view of the world, is buzzing with one-liners a la Seinfeld. While it does have gorgous Dreamworks-style animation and some pretty great sequences about working in a hive, and views of Manhattan from a bee’s perspective, the fun of it is Jerry Seinfeld’s portrayal of a bee, a cross between his usual Jerry schtick and Benjamin from “The Graduate.”
The theater was noisy throughout much of the film as it is rated PG and the average age was probably 6 years old. OSFO and her friend weren’t crazy about the film. She saw “Martian Child” last Saturday night and loved it. At 10, is she growing out of Dreamworks cartoons?
Probably not. And I certainly havn’t outgrown the films of the studio that brought us Shrek 1 through 3. I enjoyed the film immensely as I admired the carefully crafted lines throughout the film. Seinfeld didn’t let us down. The film is funny, quirky, and very New York.
Even if it is about bee’s.