First ‘Bumblebee’ Reactions Tease a Delightful, Franchise-Best Film

Swooping in from the sky like a drunken Starscream, the first reactions to Paramount Pictures’ Bumblebee have arrived.

The film—directed by Travis Knight and written by Christina Hodson—is the sixth entry in the Transformers franchise started by explosion aficionado Michael Bay in 2007, based off the toys and cartoons of the 1980s.

Bumblee stars Hailee Steinfeld as a teenage girl who stumbles across a downed Autobot named Bumblebee (voiced by Dylan O’Brien) 27 years before the original Transformers movie.

The first reviews to roll out of early screenings are pretty darn positive, with most noting that Bumblebee …

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