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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for thematic elements, a scene of sensuality and brief strong language
Starring Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella, and Kate Bosworth
Bee Season is the kaleidoscopic portrait of a modern American family whose picture-perfect surface conceals an underlying world of secret turmoil. (Fox Searchlight)
| GENRE(S): | Drama |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Naomi Foner
Myla Goldberg (novel) |
| DIRECTED BY: |
Scott McGehee
David Siegel |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: April 4, 2006 Theatrical: November 11, 2005 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 104 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 5.1 (out of 10) based on 16 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Cheryl C. gave it a4:
Simply a pretentious mess. What a waste of the children's talents.
Chad S. gave it a4:
[***SPOILERS***] What's missing from "Bee Season" is that one scene in which we feel the thrill of Eliza's accomplishment. It's just not there. We think that moment is going to occur when Eliza and Aaron(Max Minghella) interrupt their father's class; something akin to Ned Beatty telling his co-workers that Rudy is going to Notre Dame. But no, we cut to the father's office, the big news already sprung, so we're denied Saul's initial bout of incredulousness. In the novel by Myla Goldberg, to my recollection, Miriam's depression never compartmentalizes Eliza's spelling bee training, and spelling bee competitions(most of the time, the spellers never get to finish their words) into afterthought. When you hire a big star like Juliette Binoche(her wanderings are introduced too early), that's going to happen. Not to mention, Richard Gere(in the book, I imagined Saul Naumann as a cross between Mr. Hooper from Sesame Street and Larry David). "Bee Season" needs more spelling and less, way less withering looks and tears. What if "Searching for Bobby Fischer" spent an inordinate amount of time on Lawrence Fishburne's hobo activities? I loved the book. This adaptation is very, very disappointing.
E. Phillips gave it a2:
What a bizzare movie! Talk about a dysfunctional family!! I wonder why Richard Gere would do such a movie.
Amurabi M. gave it a5:
This is a very intelectual movie. The directors made it that way. It´s clearly a snob job that manages the screenplay to make a clever reflection about spirituality these days. The trouble is that Bee Season is too clever, too egotistic and too overwritten. There´s no doubt than directors tries to put on film all the spirituality of the original source but they can´t make it. The essence of God and mysticism has been lost in their kaleidoscopical mise-en-scene.
Kat S gave it a10:
You don't really get the full meaning of the film until almost the end, so hang in there. In the meantime, you'll enjoy some of the finest acting by the four perfectly casted stars, and an entertaining story. When it ended, it took me a few minutes to piece it all together,and I feel it was about how four people try to find family through a closeness to God. You'll understand what I mean after you've seen it -- it's not obvious. I recommended it to all my friends who aren't "Hollywood only" type of movie goers, and in particular to those who like to discuss movies and bring that discussion into our own real life. I will never forget these touching, true performances. It's a snowball of a movie that gets better, both as the movie progresses, and as I later think about it.
bill C. gave it a0:
This film is just plain awful.Don't blame the actors, they showed up but the director,producer,writer,and everybody else envolved in this piece of dung should be ashamed. It's that bad.
paw a. gave it an8:
I read the book and liked it, so casting Gere maddened me, but as it turned out being a pompous jerk worked well for the part. Moving the family out of the synagogue and removing the humour didn't bode well. But in the end, taken on its own, the acting and story are excellent and very moving. That the charactors act out without a center is the whole point, btw. Binoche and Cross may be up for awards.
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