Rating: PG13
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 10/17/2008(USA)
Release Date: 02/03/2009
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 110 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Gina Prince-Bythewood's adaptation of
Sue Monk Kidd's novel
The Secret Life of Bees stars
Dakota Fanning as
Lily, a 14-year-old growing up in a small Southern town in 1964. She is haunted by memories of shooting her mother when she was a young girl.
Lily lives with her emotionally distant father, and her best friend is their African-American housekeeper
Rosaleen (
Jennifer Hudson). After locals beat
Rosaleen for attempting to register as a voter, and
Lily's dad goes one step too far during an argument with his daughter,
Lily and
Rosaleen set out to find the place where the only picture
Lily has of her mother was taken. That place turns out to be the home of the independent Boatwright sisters, a trio --
Queen Latifah,
Sophie Okonedo, and
Alicia Keys -- who make a very successful living producing honey.
Lily and her friend move in with them, and soon the girl learns about both beekeeping and life.
~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
