Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella, Kate Bosworth
Adapted from the novel by Myla Goldberg, Bee Season tells the story of a family whose turmoil is brought to the surface by a young girl's unexpected talent. Eleven-year-old Eliza (Flora Cross) is the ... read more 
DVD Release Date: April 4, 2006
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December 4, 2005[font=Century Gothic]In "Bee Season", 11 year-old Eliza(Flora Cross) has just won her school spelling bee and against older kids, too. Her father, Saul(Richard Gere), is a religion professor at Berkeley who is especially interested in the Kabbalah. He takes an extraordinary int... read more
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November 7, 2006Seldom do films manage to be so self-satisfied, so overwhelmingly pretentious, and so very dull. D-U-L-L.
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December 23, 2008One of those book-based movies that left out a lot of core character info. This adaptation lacked cohesiveness for me.
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July 1, 2008I don't know why this movie was scored so low. This movie is beautiful and moving. It was very different from what I expected.
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April 17, 2008whoaa....this is the weirdest movie i've seen. ABSOLUTELY NO POINT. nuff' said!
Richard Gere was ok. But he was all obsessed with religion, the son was experimenting with religious behaviors and got caught, the poor little girl was writhing on the floor and the mom was reliving d... read more -
April 15, 2008I think this set a record. I wasn't even half an hour in when I turned it off. lovely piece of literature, dullest first twenty minutes of a film in movie history
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February 13, 2008Very strange story. Not one of my favs but must watch because of Gere. I love to watch him act in anything. This is a very complex movie with many stories being told at the same time. Gere, trying to connect with his family. The son trying to discover who he is. The mother who ha... read more
Critic Reviews
November 23, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
November 22, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fine directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel (The Deep End) take a detour into mumbo jumbo.
November 22, 2005
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
There's no shortage of material on the screen in Bee Season -- it's just not assembled in a satisfying manner. Full Review
November 22, 2005
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bee Season is earnest and heartfelt and respectful. And a botch. Full Review
November 18, 2005
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Co-directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel, whose visual schemes lent a hypnotic aura to their previous collaborations ... don't find the right balance of story and image this time. Full Review
November 18, 2005
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
The film succeeds, because both the tale and the young performers (Cross and Max Minghella as Eliza's teenage brother, Aaron) are so compelling.
November 18, 2005
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Fragmented and obtuse, with characters who fail to resonate. Full Review
November 18, 2005
Tom Long, Detroit News
Tempts with a bit of a buzz, but then can't deliver and becomes more than a bit silly and self-admiring.
November 18, 2005
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Though Bee Season has flaws beyond Gere's casting, it compels us to look at the things that words and lives are made of, which is no abstract achievement. Full Review
November 18, 2005
Michael Booth, Denver Post
Reflecting Goldberg's virtuoso novel, the film sets up rich dichotomies of what people say and do, and of satisfying the self vs. pleasing the community. Full Review
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