Bumblebee (2018)
In 1987, in a small sanctuary on the California beach, Bumblebee the Autobot returns to an adventure that seems to be the strongest for him. The Autobot meets a girl named Charlie who is 18 years old and trying to help him. Charlie begins to encourage Bumblebee the Autobot, but events may change when he discovers a battle.
30 September 1939, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
23 October 1964, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
10 August 1971, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
17 June 1972, Surry County, Virginia, USA
24 March 1971, Seattle, Washington, USA
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26 August 1996, Toledo, Ohio, USA
December 19, 2018
Bumblebee feels like the Transformers movie we should have gotten in the first place: a slice of family-friendly fun.
December 19, 2018
Bumblebee works because it dares to tap into a new dimension in this franchise: Legitimate emotional reactions. We humans like to refer to them as feelings!
December 18, 2018
Steinfeld is an enormously talented actress, and the film knows to spend some time with her and not try to hurry things along to the next big set piece.
December 19, 2018
It has taken the franchise more than a decade to get its act together, but finally we get to experience what a Transformers movie should have been all along.
December 19, 2018
[Bumblebee] mostly feels like a cold-blooded blockbuster masquerading as something warm and earnest.
December 19, 2018
There are real emotional stakes, an appealing 1980s look and some genuinely funny jokes.
December 19, 2018
The script stays on safe, formulaic ground, but it's effective - and somehow breathes new life into a franchise that had become a junk heap.
December 19, 2018
Nostalgic without being mindlessly retro; a sweet, heartfelt girl-and-her-alien-robot-car action-adventure buddy dramedy that hits all the right notes. Hailee Steinfeld is terrific, and there's not a whiff of Michael Bay to be found.
December 19, 2018
Everything about Bumblebee feels like a fresh start for the franchise: director Travis Knight strips down the Transformers aesthetic to something cleaner and more coherent...
December 19, 2018
Maybe the key to getting a good Transformers movie this whole time was simply hiring a woman to write the screenplay.
December 19, 2018
Steinfeld injects the right mix of sparky teen angst and feisty humour, adding layers to each scene that builds Iron Giant-style emotions between this girl and her car.
December 19, 2018
Tones down everything that made its predecessors weak, while adding humor, emotion and a surprising amount of heart.
