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Tell It to the Bees is well-acted and well-intentioned -- but often undermined by its frustratingly didactic storytelling. Read critic reviews

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In 1952 Dr. Jean Markham returns to her Scottish hometown to take over her late father's medical practice. She soon becomes ostracized by the community when she begins a passionate romance with a woman who has a young son.

Cast & Crew

Anna Paquin
Dr. Jean Markham
Holliday Grainger
Lydia
Emun Elliott
Robert
Gregor Selkirk
Charlie Weekes
Lauren Lyle
Annie Kranmer
Kate Dickie
Pam Kranmer
Rebecca Hanssen
Irene
Billy Boyd
Older Charlie
Voice
AJ Jankel
Director
Henrietta Ashworth
Screenwriter
Jessica Ashworth
Screenwriter
Daisy Allsop
Producer
Nik Bower
Producer
Nick Hill
Producer
AJ Jankel
Producer
Laure Vaysse
Producer
Bartosz Nalazek
Cinematographer
Jon Harris
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  • Oct 11, 2019
    Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger star in the period drama Tell It to the Bees. The story follows a single mother who's been abandoned by her husband and is taken in by a local doctor when she and her son are evicted from their home. The acting isn't very good and neither is the script. It doesn't seem to know whose story this is, and at the end it throws in some LGB propaganda; future taking it away from being a character story. A poorly made film, Tell It to the Bees meanders about and is fairly pointless.
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