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Bee Season (2005)

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All Time

of 190,142

5,706

2000's

of 34,011

1,861

2005

of 10,787

291
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,999
  
  2,913
  
  Drama of 2005
  
  of 1,784
  
  143
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,649
  
  959

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Bee Season (2005) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.5443

Avg Critic Score:2.4711

Bee Season (2005) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

The performance by Flora Cross is haunting in its seriousness. She doesn't act out; she acts in. ...read the complete Bee Season movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

"Bee Season" involves one of those crazy families that cluster around universities: An intellectual husband who is clueless about human emotions, a wife who married him because she was ...read the complete Bee Season movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Whatever else it may be, Bee Season is an interesting motion picture. And the protagonists, while fitfully developed, hold their fascinations. ...read the complete Bee Season movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

It would be unfair and inaccurate to refer to Bee Season as "another dysfunctional family drama," although, in essence, that's what it is. ...read the complete Bee Season movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Fine directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel (The Deep End) take a detour into mumbo jumbo. ...read the complete Bee Season movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

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filmcritic.com

One of the rarest beasts in the celluloid kingdom is the two-director film. I don’t mean films with co-directors; I’m talking about two names under that “directed by” credit. It happened earlier this year with Robert Rodriguez and Frank...read the complete Bee Season (2005) review at filmcritic.com

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Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)

Sometimes a movie can defy rational logic, yet still make sense emotionally in a way that pulls you through. Bee Season is one....read the complete Bee Season (2005) review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)

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The New Yorker (Anthony Lane)

There is, therefore, a slightly deflated sensation as one realizes that “Bee Season” will focus on one child from a hypereducated West Coast family, where high expectations are the norm. This is not to criticize Flora Cross, who gives a delicate,...read the complete Bee Season (2005) review at The New Yorker (Anthony Lane)

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CHUD (Devin Faraci)

Here�s a spelling word for you: fatuous....read the complete Bee Season (2005) review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)

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