Maya the Bee Movie

"Friendship is thicker than honey"

2014 1h 28m EN

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6.2

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50%

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5.9

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 193🥫50%Rotten Tomatoes●49Metacritic★5.9IMDB · 2,426

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Synopsis

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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.

“Friendship is thicker than honey”

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Cast

Coco Jack Gillies
Maya (voice)
Justine Clarke
Miss Cassandra (voice)
Heather Mitchell
Nurse / Thekla the Spider (voice)
Jacki Weaver
Buzzlina Von Beena (voice)
Miriam Margolyes
Queen (voice)
Noah Taylor
Crawley (voice)
Richard Roxburgh
Flip (voice)
Andy McPhee
Hank (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alexs Stadermann
Writers: Steve Cooper, Fin Edquist, Marcus Sauermann
Languages: English
Countries: Germany, Australia

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 12 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Germany, Australia.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Maya the Bee Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ute Engelhardt. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Adam Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Coco Jack Gillies and Justine Clarke and Heather Mitchell carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Friendship is thicker than honey".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alexs Stadermann directs. Ute Engelhardt scores. Adam Smith cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany, Australia. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 12 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: Germany, Australia.
4Part of the "Maya the Bee Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Original score by Ute Engelhardt. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Adam Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Coco Jack Gillies and Justine Clarke and Heather Mitchell carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Friendship is thicker than honey".
9IMDB entry: tt3336368 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Original score: Ute Engelhardt
Editing: Adam Smith
Production design: Ralph Niemeyer
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Status: Released
Box office: $29,600,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Maya the Bee Movie (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes: 50% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 49/100
IMDB rating: 5.9/10 · 2,426 votes
MPAA: G

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations total

Part of

Maya the Bee Collection

Maya the Bee (promoted theatrically as Maya the Bee Movie) is a 2014 3D German-Australian computer-animated comedy adventure film directed by Alexs Stadermann, loosely based on the 1975 anime Maya the Honey Bee as well as indirectly the German children's book of the same name by Waldemar Bonsels. It features the voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Noah Taylor, Richard Roxburgh, Jacki Weaver, The Umbilical Brothers, and Miriam Margolyes. It was released theatrically in Australia on 1 November 2014, and also in United States and Canada on 8 March 2015. Maya the Bee: The Honey Games is a 2018 sequel to the 2014 film and stars Coco Jack Gillies reprising her role as the title character. Directed by Noel Cleary, Sergio Delfino & Alexs Stadermann.