Bumblebee never quite finds the right balance. It's intentionally cheesy and silly, sometimes in a warm, heartfelt way, but other times in a cringing way. It's bubbly and will play well.

Chris Stuckmann reviews Bumblebee, starring Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Stephen Schneider, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Dylan O'Brien. Bumblebee Review: Travis Knight's Prequel Is The Best Transformers Yet. Bumblebee is a fun, heartfelt and still action-filled Transformers prequel that ushers in a new - and better - era of movies. 'Bumblebee' review. 'Bumblebee' transforms a much-maligned film franchise into something fun.

Bumblebee

After her Spider-verse voice-work, Steinfeld leads another fresh, breezy franchise reinvention nicely. Maestro of bombast Michael Bay steps aside to allow for a quieter, more character-driven Transformers origin story, fashioned as an elaborate Amblin homage. So Bumblebee is a spin-off of the Transformers series, those Michael Bay movies of Bumblebee's voicebox is destroyed. T." get blended with punk girl power and watchable action scenes — otherwise known as a. Bumblebee is a considerable upgrade on the previous films in the Transformers series. That is largely because, for once, it pays as much attention to the human protagonists as to the gigantic Hasbro toys.

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Bumblebee has an emotional journey here, starting off as basically the robot equivalent of a fearless young soldier at war before going through a sort of lost-puppy phase while on Earth. It is a stripped-down and toned-down Transformers movie, one that removes most of the glossy excess and frat boy vulgarity typified by the Michael Bay franchise. The first Bumblebee reviews are in, with many calling it the best Transformers movie.

Many have been wondering how the spin-off was going to stack up next to the rest of the franchise, and it looks like it. review. Bumblebee is proof that it is possible to become emotionally invested in a movie where giants robots punch each other in the face. Reviews for the new Bumblebee movie have been overwhelmingly positive. This review is going to be written entirely in shock.