Tell It to the Bees

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Tell It to the Bees

2019

1h 46m

Romance

Drama

LGBTQ+

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In 1952 Dr. Jean Markham returns to her Scottish hometown to take over her late father's medical practice. She soon becomes ostracized by the community when she begins a passionate romance with a woman who has a young son.

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Critics Consensus

Tell It to the Bees is well-acted and well-intentioned -- but often undermined by its frustratingly didactic storytelling.

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Ella Kemp

Little White Lies

07/24/2019

2/5

Watery romance that has no real feeling to cling to.

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

07/23/2019

2/5

Tell it to the Bees... is a period drama with no sting. There's no urgency to its message, no passion at its centre.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

07/22/2019

2/5

Yikes. That wasn't pretty.

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

07/14/2024

2/5

It seems hell-bent on leading its audience by the hand, as if anxious that we can’t make out what it’s trying to do.

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Tina Kakadelis

Beyond the Cinerama Dome

07/25/2023

Unfortunately, the film relies on a number of outdated stereotypes of queer women. Making Jean’s character lonely, fearful, and miserable perpetuates the idea that a queer person’s identity and worth are tied to being in a romantic relationship.

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Victoria Luxford

City AM

02/21/2022

2/5

Leaning on worn-out art house cinema tropes (most notably the one about LGBTQ+ characters being denied happiness), Tell It To The Bees wastes its potential.

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Eye C

@ECinc 20h

A frustrating film with a lovely couple of gals trying to love each other and a town that won’t let them. Sad but true.

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Achille V

Nov 30

I do not understand the negative reviews on here. To me it was a great movie and beautifully acted.

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Amanda B

11/05/2023

what even was that ending.

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Ali N

08/07/2023

I really wanted to like this movie. I really, really did. And it seemed to start off quite good, but then Anna Paquin forgot to show up for her performance. She seemed to be taking a nap during most of her scenes. Maybe she was sleepy from the time change of filming in Scotland? And then the story went in a wildly, overly dramatic direction that all lesbian movies seem to go because apparently only wildly, overly dramatic women can get funding for their film projects. The movie ended with an almost rape, a forced abortion that almost led to a death, bees, bees, bees everywhere, and then the lesbians breaking up. The End. Ugh! When are the lesbians going to get their Brokeback Mountain? You know, a film of quality. I'm waiting...

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Kendra A

07/25/2023

Heart-wrenching film about two young women who fall in love in the 1950s. The film displays the struggles of being lesbian in a society that does not accept. The romance was very cute, and as a lesbian woman, the characters felt very true to what many experience. Dr Jean was hesitant, but not because she didn’t want Lydia, but because she was scared. This is something that anyone can go through. The steamy scene felt very real, romantic, and loving. The characters were very easy to empathize with, no matter your stance on LGBTQ+ people. Gay people have existed throughout history and will continue to do so. i love the personification of the bees. Me and my girlfriend loved this movie and i ended up sobbing at the end. great movie! def would recommend

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02/19/2022

Wonderful wonderful film, absolutely loved it!

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Synopsis

In 1952 Dr. Jean Markham returns to her Scottish hometown to take over her late father's medical practice. She soon becomes ostracized by the community when she begins a passionate romance with a woman who has a young son.

Director: Annabel Jankel
Producer: Daisy Allsop, Nik Bower, Nick Hill, Annabel Jankel, Laure Vaysse
Screenwriter: Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica Ashworth
Distributor: Good Deed Entertainment
Production Co: Riverstone Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Motion Picture Capital, BFI Film Fund, Film Constellation
Genre: Romance, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): May 3, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 3, 2019
Runtime: 1h 46m

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