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The Secret Life of Bees
2008
· Movie
· 114 min
B
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2276
- IMDb #1821
- Google retired #557
- Rotten Tomatoes #2520
- Metacritic #2916
- Letterboxd #1872
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3317
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1828
- Metacritic Critics #2735
- Metacritic Audience #3134
- Criticker #1881
- Kinopoisk #1075
- AlloCiné #1671
- Trakt #1154
Every rating
48–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 48, highest is Google on 94. Critics average 58, everyone else 73.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →In 1964 South Carolina, a young white girl runs away from her abusive father with her caretaker. They are taken in by three black beekeeping sisters. She finds solace and maternal love in their unique world, learning the art of beekeeping and the power of a strong community. Her journey of healing is set against the backdrop of the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement.
Details
- Director
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Writer
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Based on
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
- Studio
- Dune Entertainment III, Fox Searchlight Pictures, The Donners' Company, Overbrook Entertainment
- Released
- 17 September 2008
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $11.0M
- Box office
- $40.0M
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