There are a number of other elements that help transform the film as well, the most important being the non-objectification of the female characters. The Megan Fox syndrome is completely avoided and new girl, Hailee Steinfeld  (True Grit) gets the balance between awkward teenager and emerging woman just right. The script also helps with this as it avoids a number of predictable cliches.

Setting the film in the late eighties provides the opportunity to dial back the current overblown American military presence and alpha male tendencies. The main military man, John Cena as Agent Burns is played mostly for comic effect. His character is also the most poorly written.

The film is fun and entertaining in a very family friendly way and it’s one that is much more accessible for the young ladies in the house. It’s lack of sexist rhetoric is refreshing as is it’s less strident tone.

Rob Hudson
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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.

The film currently sits at 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and critics are raving!

Bumblebee stars Hailee Steinfeld, Pamela Adlon, John Cena, Stephen Schneider, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Jason Drucker, Kenneth Choi, Ricardo Hoyos, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, and Grace Dzienny and is in Australian Cinemas December 20!
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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.

Bumblebee stars Hailee Steinfeld, Pamela Adlon, John Cena, Stephen Schneider, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Jason Drucker, Kenneth Choi, Ricardo Hoyos, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, and Grace Dzienny and is in Australian cinemas December 20!
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Watch the brand new behind-the-scenes featurette featuring Hailee Steinfeld & John Cena now – 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.

Bumblebee stars Hailee Steinfeld, Pamela Adlon, John Cena, Stephen Schneider, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Jason Drucker, Kenneth Choi, Ricardo Hoyos, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, and Grace Dzienny, and is in cinemas December 20 2018!
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As his world upends, the most shocking revelation to James is that he is the only person who has ever watched his favourite television program, “Brigsby Bear Adventures”.

Struggling to adjust to his new environment and the show’s abrupt end, he begins to see “Brigsby’s” lessons as his only way to make sense of his new world. James decides to make a movie to finish Brigsby’s story—and re-begin his own.

Brigsby Bear stars Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, Claire Danes, Mark Hamill, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Greg Kinnear, Kate Lyn Sheil, Ryan Simpkins, Matt Walsh and Michaela Watkins and directed by Dave McCary.
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