Bumblebee
November 22, 2018 in theaters
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.
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"You gave me a voice."
DID YOU KNOW?
The film is set in 1987 -- all music, cars, and cultural references are meticulously accurate to the period.
THE VERDICT
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A film that demonstrates how well the Transformers franchise works when scaled down -- a smaller, more character-centered story that understands the emotional core of the property and builds around it rather than burying it in spectacle. Hailee Steinfeld's Charlie is the first genuinely developed human protagonist in the series, and the 1980s setting gives the production design a warmth the franchise had never previously found. A prequel-reboot that arrived too late to redirect the franchise but made its case clearly.
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