Review: Arnie & Barney are the lovable idiot stars of a silly, breezy adventure
There is a special joy in a watching a movie about dumb characters fumbling their way through their journeys. Something like Dumb and Dumber or The Man Who Knew Too Little . It's fun to laugh at their idiocy, and satisfying to watch them triumph anyways. Sometimes, stupidity is a superpower. That's certainly the case in Arnie & Barney , which hits theaters in the UK next week. This is a spin-off of the Maya the Bee franchise, which started life as a children's book in 1912, had an anime series adaptation in the 1970s, and has more recently gained new life through a CGI series that has also spun off into a few features. I've heard of the series before, but Arnie & Barney is my proper introduction, and man, what a great way to fumble my way in. No prior knowledge is needed to jump in here, though fans of Maya will be happy to see her make a few appearances throughout. The titular pair are a couple of ants in a platoon who are trying to track down water in the mids...
