The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Once I Was a Beehive
Comedy · Drama · Family · 2015
After losing her father to cancer, a teenage girl reluctantly joins her new step-cousin at a summer camp for Mormon girls.
Movie details
Once I Was a Beehive
“A girls camp movie based on thousands of true stories.”
2015 Comedy · Drama · Family 1h 59m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
After losing her father to cancer, a teenage girl reluctantly joins her new step-cousin at a summer camp for Mormon girls.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Once I Was a Beehive?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Maclain Nelson
Written by
Maclain Nelson
Paris Warner
Lane Speer
Lisa Valentine Clark
Carrie Carrington
H
Hailey Smith
Holly Valentine
Clare Niederpruem
Bree Carrington
Barta Heiner
Nedra
A
Amy Biedel
Audrey Speer
B
Brett Merritt
Tristan Samuelson
Court is in session
Put Once I Was a Beehive on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.