Bee Movie is a wry, animated lark for a comic who turns out to have a pretty good voice for cartoons - Jerry Seinfeld. But it's also an often-inspired smart comedy for kids, and a vintage Seinfeld laugh for adults.

Computer-generated animation is used to tell a story full of Seinfeld's observational humor, almost all of it aimed at observing bees. And, as a father now, he forgets the standing-motto of his old TV show - "No learning!" "Bee Movie" packs in more info on bees than you can shake a hive at.

Jerry is Barry Benson, a young bee fresh from a one-day college career (three days for grammar school), ready to take on the world in his bee-sized Converse sneakers.

But in his Central Park hive, that's a pretty limited world. Sure, there are jobs - "so many choices," his pal Adam (Matthew Broderick) enthuses. But how good are those jobs?

"Hair removal. Filtering out the crud. Regurgitating."

And once you pick a job (some you have to be "bred for"), that's what you do. "The same job for the rest of your life?" Barry whines, voice-cracking.

Dad can lecture that "Every small job, done well, means a lot," all he wants. All Barry sees is the drudgery of drones, making the honey.

He wants to get out, see the world, join the "pollen jockeys" as they "pound the petunias."