Bumblebee

There’s a lot to like here, particularly Steinfeld’s performance.

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Bumblebee proves Transformers movies can actually be resonant and emotional

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Two decades prior to the events of Transformers, Bumblebee (voiced by Dylan O’Brien) crash-lands in 1987 San Francisco. Hauled from a local junkyard by teenager Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld), the intrepid Autobot does his best to adapt to ’80s Earth, while evading his Decepticon pursuers.

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‘Bumblebee’: ’80s Nostalgia Fuels A Comeback For The ‘Transformers’ Series

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Surprise! ‘Transformers’ prequel ‘Bumblebee’ replaces loud and dumb with humor and heart

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Michael Bay, that explosion-loving hack, has directed five “Transformers” films, starting with the series’ debut in 2007. They’ve all been varying degrees of dreadful, with knotty plots, eye-gouging action sequences and some of the worst dialogue ever uttered.

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The Transformers franchise gets a much needed tuneup in Bumblebee.

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Maestro of bombast Michael Bay steps aside to allow for a quieter, more character-driven Transformers origin story, fashioned as an elaborate Amblin homage.

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Bumblebee may be the best Transformers movie, but does that mean it’s any good?

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By the time Bumblebee heads into the home stretch, when it provides all the typical beats one expects from a Transformers prequel, plus an original song courtesy of Steinfeld, the whole project feels like a half-measure to modulate a stylistically immovable franchise.

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Travis Knight competently assumes command of the 'Transformers' franchise’s latest installment, starring Hailee Steinfeld alongside John Cena, Justin Theroux and Angela Bassett.

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This prequel offers Bumblebee a chance to shine, and you'll come away with a newfound sense of affection for the most lovable alien vehicle in the universe.

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With a new director at the helm, the standard Transformers crassness has been replaced by a sweetness reminiscent of classic Spielberg

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Think ‘E.T.’ with auto parts — or a cash-in spin-off that transforms, surprisingly, into a best-of-franchise delight

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Director Knight keeps the film lively, funny, and – perhaps most importantly – easy to follow. Bay’s Transformers movies were more than meets the eye chiefly because his epic melees were disorderly jumbles of incomprehensible bot-on-bot mayhem; you needed more than two eyes just to keep track of who was winning what in any given set piece.

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Despite these flaws, Bumblebee is nearly successful at crafting a coming-of-age tale in the vein of the ‘80s-era teen adventure films to which it’s clearly indebted.

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"Bumblebee," the first live-action Transformers movie to be directed by somebody other than Michael Bay, a Bizarro World version of this year's "The Predator," though only in one very particular way: there's too much undercooked human drama and not enough 'splodey high-concept stuff (which is competent).

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