The Secret Life of Bees (Blu-ray) PG-13
Bring Your Girlfriends, Sisters, Mothers and Daughters.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 54 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: September 15, 2015
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: 20Th Century Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Dakota Fanning, Alicia Keys & Sophie Okonedo | |
Performer: | Nate Parker, Tristan Wilds, Hilarie Burton & Paul Bettany | |
Directed by | Gina Prince-Bythewood | |
Edited by | Terilyn A. Shropshire | |
Screenwriting by | Gina Prince-Bythewood | |
Composition by | Mark Isham | |
Produced by | Lauren Shuler Donner, Will Smith, James Lassiter & Joe Pichirallo | |
Director of Photography: | Rogier Stoffers | |
Executive Production by | Jada Pinkett Smith |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 5/5 --
Can I tell you a secret? This movie is *really* good. Grab Nana and go see it!
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3BlackChicks Review
One of the pleasures of the film is that the themes don't hit you over the head....There are some deeply emotional moments...
Premiere
Rating: 3/6 --
There's a purity, clarity and honesty to this feminist heart-warmer's melodramatic instincts that make it surprisingly moving and satisfying.
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Time Out
Rating: 2/5 --
It's generous-minded, and though it labours awkwardly to move you, that doesn't mean you won't be moved.
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Daily Telegraph (UK)
The ensemble cast is the film's strongest asset....Those who were moved by the book are likely to find this adaptation affecting and emotionally satisfying.
USA Today
Rating: B- --
The story was okay, but I think there was an underlying mammy factor that rubbed me the wrong way.
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Reel Talk Online
Rating: 2/5 --
Glossy yet ultimately shallow, this platitudinous, unconvincing drama makes The Colour Purple look like Mississippi Burning.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Product Description:
Book club favorite THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES more than just survives its transition to the screen. Thanks to its strong cast, this female-centric drama thrives. Dakota Fanning stars as Lily, a 14-year-old girl living with her abusive father (Paul Bettany) in South Carolina in 1964. Lily struggles with a burden of guilt after she accidentally killed her mother a decade before, and she longs for knowledge of the woman. When the family's caretaker Rosaleen (Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson) is arrested after standing up to a group of violent white men, Lily seizes the opportunity to run off with Rosaleen and search for clues to her mother's life. They arrive at the home of the Boatwrights, a trio of black sisters. Motherly August (Queen Latifah) cultivates the state's most coveted honey, June (Alicia Keys) focuses on her music and on rebuffing the advances of an ardent suitor (Nate Parker), and childlike May (Sophie Okonedo) struggles to stay happy in the turbulent time. But in a still-racist world where the Civil Rights Act has just been passed, the Boatwrights' home acts as a haven for Lily as she searches for information about her mother's past.
The heavy drama could've presented a challenge for Fanning, who has gone beyond the role of a little girl, but she does a fine job. The other actresses in the film, especially Latifah and Okonedo, shine without overpowering the other performances. Bettany departs from his usual charming roles and melts into the difficult part of Lily's violent father. In the spirit of past favorites such as THE COLOR PURPLE and CORRINA, CORRINA, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES presents a gripping look at the South in the 1960s with a nice balance of laughter and tears.
The heavy drama could've presented a challenge for Fanning, who has gone beyond the role of a little girl, but she does a fine job. The other actresses in the film, especially Latifah and Okonedo, shine without overpowering the other performances. Bettany departs from his usual charming roles and melts into the difficult part of Lily's violent father. In the spirit of past favorites such as THE COLOR PURPLE and CORRINA, CORRINA, THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES presents a gripping look at the South in the 1960s with a nice balance of laughter and tears.