Queen Of The Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us? Reviews
June 23, 2011
What we don't get in "Queen of the Sun'' is anyone suggesting there might be some merit to how agribusiness is conducted.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
June 16, 2011
"Queen" sheds much-needed light on a disaster in progress.
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| Original Score: 4/5
June 10, 2011
Rich subject matter and persuasive presentation make this visually appealing nature documentary worth buzzing about.
June 10, 2011
This hard-working film may not be a balm, but it can help.
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| Original Score: 3/5
June 10, 2011
'Queen of the Sun" is a beautiful nature film, with gorgeous, multicolored shots of bees and flowers. It also is a well-made documentary about the troubles of the honeybee.
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| Original Score: 3/4
June 9, 2011
What it is doing, and beautifully, is making a sunny and optimistic case for why the world is worth saving, via gorgeous imagery and poetic appreciations of the bees themselves.
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| Original Score: 8/10
June 9, 2011
Their honey has never looked so delicious. Or so precious.
Original Score: 4/5
June 9, 2011
There's half of two good films in Queen Of The Sun, but they're not quite the same film.
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| Original Score: B-
June 8, 2011
Queen of the Sun optimistically counters with a panoply of ravishing shots featuring harmonious interaction between bees and impossibly colorful flowers, even as it plays up "the miracle of nature" angle a tad too heavily.
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| Original Score: 3/5
June 7, 2011
Eco-disaster docs tend to follow a rote formula, with the key ingredient being a deluge of depressing yet unsurprising data. But few are as visually sumptuous as this explication of the disappearing honeybee population.
June 5, 2011
The film wows us with its objects of study at work that it creates a sensual awareness of our primary relationship with the bees.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
May 27, 2011
The documentary begins to lose its shape as Siegel ponders the spiritual and cultural impact of the honeybee, but it does succeed in flagging a potentially critical problem.
May 3, 2011
Queen of the Sun is as soulful as it is scientific, as uplifting as it is alarming.
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| Original Score: B+
May 2, 2011
A creative exploration of the global honeybee crisis replete with remarkable nature cinematography, some eccentric characters and yet another powerful argument for organic, sustainable agriculture in balance with nature.
April 28, 2011
A remarkable documentary that's also one of the most beautiful nature films I've seen.
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| Original Score: 3/4
April 20, 2011
As it turns out, helping bees is not only spiritually rewarding and environmentally essential, but it's also a lot of fun.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
March 24, 2011
In all the film is convincing, and it winds up with a to-do list for those who want to help.
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| Original Score: 3/4