4/10
Doesn't do justice to Maya
17 October 2014
Warning: Spoilers
I have to say I am a bit disappointed with the outcome of this new Bee Maya movie. As long as the character exists and children love her, she would have deserved a film that could also appeal to grown-ups today who appreciated the little bee when they were kids. However, this is a movie for small kids only I'd say who suck up the action and animation without asking too many questions. I watched the German version, so I cannot really comment on the English-language voice actors, but I was fairly unimpressed with the German voice actors. This looked a bit like a Hagen family project including Eva Maria (as the queen), her daughter rock singer Nina (as the villain, good villain voice, but always the same) and Nina's daughter Cosma Shiva. The only one I liked was rap musician Jan Delay whose voice seemed very fitting for Willi.

Director Alexs Stadermann has mostly worked on animated TV series and sequels to famous Disney movies (Jungle Book, Lion King, Cinderella, Tarzan). His work here unfortunately reflects his body of work. There is nothing really new or impactful about this film. Pure mediocrity and I cannot recommend it. I hope it will not be too long till the next Bee Maya film and this one will be better. Finally, I am not sure if the title was intended as a B-movie wordplay, but if it was, it has been done before and it was not particularly funny there, so stop with these please.
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