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Maya the Bee Movie

Maya the Bee Movie

Family · Animation · 2014

A bubbly little bumblebee rebels against the rules of the hive to make all kinds of friends—from violin-playing grasshoppers to a hornet named Sting.

Movie details

Maya the Bee Movie

“Friendship is thicker than honey”

2014 Family · Animation 1h 28m

Critical arithmetic

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6.2 / 10

Community rating

A bubbly little bumblebee rebels against the rules of the hive to make all kinds of friends—from violin-playing grasshoppers to a hornet named Sting.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Alexs Stadermann

Written by

Fin Edquist · Marcus Sauermann · Alexs Stadermann

Coco Jack Gillies

Coco Jack Gillies

Maya (voice)

Justine Clarke

Justine Clarke

Miss Cassandra (voice)

Heather Mitchell

Heather Mitchell

Nurse / Thekla the Spider (voice)

Jacki Weaver

Jacki Weaver

Buzzlina Von Beena (voice)

Miriam Margolyes

Miriam Margolyes

Queen (voice)

Noah Taylor

Noah Taylor

Crawley (voice)

Richard Roxburgh

Richard Roxburgh

Flip (voice)

Court is in session

Put Maya the Bee Movie on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.