Wednesday, September 22, 2010

(2008) The Secret Life of Bees







Lily(Dakota Fanning) is almost fourteen years old and has been abuse by her father.Lily accidentally killed her mother when she was little.The mother (Deborah Owens played by Hilarie Burton) was killed and Lily haven't known about her since then. So she travel back to the place where she thinks her mother came from. She runaway and bringing her Negro housekeeper with her named Rosaleen(Jennifer Hudson). The two girls gone to a bee farm where the address they found of her mother's things. The bee farm was owned by Negro women namely August Boatwright(Queen Latifah) and her sisters June (Alicia Keys) May (Sophie Okonedo). June was not happy for keeping Lily into their household. As the time goes by they've been a family surrounded with love. The movie basically has a lot of lessons, it was more on drama, but all in all the movie was very touching. 5 stars


Directed by
Gina Prince-Bythewood





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