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Bee Season (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 101 Fresh: 42  Rotten:59 Average Rating: 5.4/10
 
Consensus: Bee Season is an intelligent, but frustratingly distant and diffuse drama about family dysfunction.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Theatrical Release: Nov 11, 2005 Limited

Box Office: $1,141,752

Synopsis: Based on the bestselling novel by Myla Goldberg, BEE SEASON follows a family of seekers, each of whom is looking to God, transcendence, or love, in their search for something greater than themselves. Eleven-year-old Eliza Nauman (Flora Cross in a promising debut) is on her way to becoming the... Based on the bestselling novel by Myla Goldberg, BEE SEASON follows a family of seekers, each of whom is looking to God, transcendence, or love, in their search for something greater than themselves. Eleven-year-old Eliza Nauman (Flora Cross in a promising debut) is on her way to becoming the national spelling bee champion, much to the delight of her heretofore somewhat dismissive father, Saul (Richard Gere). A professor of religion who wrote his thesis on Jewish mysticism, Saul has previously shown more interest in Eliza's older brother, Aaron (Max Minghella), a serious-minded young scholar and cello player. In what soon becomes clear is his customary manner, Saul takes control of Eliza's spelling career, and focuses on her to the exclusion of the rest of his family. Meanwhile, his wife, Miriam (Juliette Binoche), is quietly facing a spiritual crisis, and unbeknownst to her family is engaging in petty thievery in her quest for beauty and salvation. Saul is unwilling to admit that anything is wrong-and thus out of his control-while the unmoored Aaron turns to the beatific Chali (Kate Bosworth), a hare Krishna, for spiritual sustenance and comfort. As Saul attempts to tap Eliza's uncanny knack with words and create a pipeline to God according to the tenets of an ancient Kabbalah scholar, Eliza blames herself for everyone's troubles. As the final competition draws nigh and the family disintegrates, however, it might just be that Eliza is the only one who can save them. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Kate Bosworth

Director: Scott McGehee

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 4, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Dual Side

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Surround - Spanish
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish, French - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Fox Searchlight Trailers
  • 2. IN HER SHOES
  • 3. LITTLE MANHATTAN
  • Disc 1/Side A: BEE SEASON - Full Frame Version
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Additional Release Material:

  • Behind the Scenes - Cutting Room Floor Featurette
  • Featurette - "The Essence of BEE SEASON"
  • Trailers - Theatrical Trailer
  • Disc 1/Side B: BEE SEASON - Widescreen Version
  • Widescreen - 2.35
  • Audio Commentary - 1. Scott McGehee, David Siegel - Directors
  • 2. Albert Berger - Producer, Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal - Screenwriter
  • Behind the Scenes - Making of Featurette
  • Deleted Scenes - Optional Commentary by Scott McGehee, David Siegel - Directors

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Words and letters may hold all the secrets of the universe, but 104 minutes wasn't enough to hold and resolve all the secrets and mysteries of Bee Season.

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09/08/06
Camerin Courtney
Christianity Today
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Those seeking transcendence here will surely be disappointed.

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07/01/06
Jeremy C. Fox
Pajiba
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05/12/06
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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04/01/06
Empire Magazine
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Perhaps the film's disparate subplots are given due attention in the book, but it all feels unfocused and jammed together here.

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02/21/06
Todd Jorgenson
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)
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02/09/06
Time Out
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A well-told, enjoyable and insightful film, but its not necessarily as revelatory as its makers seem to think.

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02/04/06
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus
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01/28/06
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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David Edwards
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BBC
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Sydney Morning Herald
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Os dez minutos finais de projeção parecem pertencer a um outro filme. Bem ruim, por sinal.

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12/22/05
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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Something like a dream Madonna might've had while she nodded off during Spellbound...

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12/08/05
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly
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12/06/05
Onion AV Club
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A visual feast, but a spiritual famine.

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12/06/05
Hanh Nguyen
Zap2it.com
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We're knee-deep in tastefully presented balderdash.

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12/06/05
Ian Grey
Orlando Weekly
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This is second-rate Hallström, drama plus whimsy that, when rubbed together, creates not friction and fire, but a nubbing-down of both elements.

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12/06/05
Kimberly Jones
Austin Chronicle
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The premise is intriguing, but the oddly toned screenplay is a mostly opaque and convoluted string of dramatically convenient yet inconsistent assumptions.

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12/06/05
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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A tiresome piece of claptrap masquerading as family drama.

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12/06/05
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan
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