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The Secret Life of Bees
2008
Set in South Carolina in 1964, the film is the moving tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother'.. Read more
| Starring | Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Sophie Okonedo |
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| Director | Gina Prince-Bythewood |
| Genres | Drama |
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The Secret Life of Bees
Set in South Carolina in 1964, the film is the moving tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters, Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping, honey and the Black Madonna.
| Starring | Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys, Paul Bettany, Hilarie Burton, Nate Parker |
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| Director | Gina Prince-Bythewood |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 49 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Most Wanted |
| Genres | Drama |
| Released | DVD: 30 Mar 2009 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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Some films are touching despite their overly direct, even crude, tugging at our emotions. And many people will no doubt... read more on Time Out
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35 out of 38 people found this review helpful
Disappointing
Sorry, it didn't do it for me. Although the preview and the cast looked good, I found the film disappointing. I haven't read the book but I thought there was no real development to the story or the characters in the movie, and it just became a bit boring.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
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Little Women meets Colour Purple
I really liked the movie. I think it had small elements of the painful reality of human suffering - which unless your made of stone you have to feel something. but then gives hope and relief in the bonds of sisterhood and motherly love. Some acting did disappoint me in places but i don't think that diverted from the well told story of the secret life of bees. I'd like to read the book as often with movie they have to rush the story and leave bits out.
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The Secret Life of Bees
- 02 Dec 2008
Some movies start under such a heavy burden, they struggle to get out from under. The Secret Life of Bees boasts much more than an unwieldy title. We’ve got Dakota Fanning as a southern waif, Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson in the same movie, Paul Bettany doing a mean South Carolina accent, Alicia Keyes taking on the struggle for civil rights, and before we’ve even settled into our seats we’re treated to the central trauma in Dakota’s life: the day she accidentally... Read more
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