“Bebe’s Kids” is an unpleasant kids movie based on a stand-up comedy routine about some bratty children. This ugly animated film is littered with bad attitudes and not really anything else. The film is notable for being the first Hollywood animated film with a cast consisting of only African Americans but that really doesn’t say anything about the quality of the picture.
In “Bebe’s Kids”, Robin Harris (Faizon Love “Friday”) tells the story of how he tried to the win affections of a woman by the name of Jamika. However, their date consists of him taking her, her son and the three children of her friend Bebe, to a theme park. It isn’t long before Bebe’s kids are causing trouble for Harris as they terrorise the park.
The kids in this movie are some of the most obnoxious and horrible kids ever in a children’s film. They are complete jerks with annoying personalities and their rapping is an assault on the ears. The Robin Harris character isn’t remotely amusing either. The closest thing to villains that we get are some security guards that don’t take kindly to Bebe’s kids wrecking the place. None of the other characters are funny or interesting.
The animation in “Bebe’s Kids” is terrible, the story is bland and the use of black culture references as a substitute for actual jokes is lousy. There are a few moments here and there that managed to make me let out a mild chuckle but the majority of the movie is really bad. If the animation was a little bit better, the rest of the film may have been a little easier to tolerate. I don’t get why this movie was made because who would even pitch a movie like this? Somebody had to stand there and pitch a movie based on stand-up routine about bratty kids… just think about that.