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Tell It to the Bees

Tell It to the Bees

Romance · Drama · 2019

Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.

Movie details

Tell It to the Bees

“Some secrets are too powerful to keep.”

2019 Romance · Drama 1h 46m

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7.5 / 10

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Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Annabel Jankel

Written by

Henrietta Ashworth · Jessica Ashworth

Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin

Jean Markham

Holliday Grainger

Holliday Grainger

Lydia Weekes

Emun Elliott

Emun Elliott

Robert Weekes

Steven Robertson

Steven Robertson

Jim

Lauren Lyle

Lauren Lyle

Annie Stock

Gregor Selkirk

Gregor Selkirk

Charlie Weekes

Kate Dickie

Kate Dickie

Pam Stock

Court is in session

Put Tell It to the Bees on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.