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MaryAnn’s quick take: Nostalgic without being mindlessly retro. Bumblebee is a sweet, heartfelt girl-and-her-alien-robot-car action-adventure buddy dramedy that hits all the right notes. Hailee Steinfeld is terrific, and there’s not a whiff of Michael Bay to be found. Read the review…
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