Maya the Bee
(2014)Buzzing into cinemas.
Maya the Bee – from the German books and animated TV series – gets her very own feature-length movie, aimed at younger kids. The English-language voice cast includes Kodi Smit-McPhee (ParaNorman) and Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook). An Australian-German co-production.... More
Maya - created way back in 1912 - is bored with the life of the hive and takes to the open air with mate Willy (Smit-McPhee) in search of adventure. They find it, in the form of hornets, moths, dung beetles spiders and a plot to steal away the Queen (Miriam Margolyes).Hide
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Directed by Simon Pickard, Alexs Stadermann
Starring Jacki Weaver, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Noah Taylor, Richard Roxburgh, Coco Jack Gillies, Miriam Margolyes
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Maya the Bee
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Reasonable if you're not expecting Pixar. Full Review
Maya herself is voiced by nine-year-old Gillies who does a jolly, infectious job as an innocent heroine. Full Review
Kids, especially girls, should enjoy the fearless heroine... The animation is charming and the story moves along briskly. Full Review
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