Tell it to the Bees

10/10 recommend this movie. The wife & I watched it as part of our Pride month movie-marathon. We hadn't heard of it before but had seen all of the usual lght+ suspects on Netflix & Hulu so we looked up some lists and this one was on a couple of them. I really like Anna Paquin and we'd been toying with the idea of raising bees for a bit so we took the plunge. I must have said, out loud, that it was such a beautiful story a dozen times. I was absolutely in love with the story telling, the visuals, and the characters. Hearing the story through her son's eyes was the perfect choice. Definitely watch! (Bonus: none of the obvious & tired tropes that usually befall lgbt+ characters in movies/tv)

In the 50's film about two women. One is Lydia (Holiday Grainger) with her son Charlie. Trouble seams to find them as they meet a beekeeper Jean (Anna Paquin) as she helps them put their life back together as Lydia and Jean slowly become sexually involve as trouble flows them. But you'll see what happens at the end. Very emotionally and sad. If you get defensive of the whole lesbian thing. You'll never learn. Highly recommended.

Some folks are just oriented towards the same sex - this is an interesting story about a lady doctor who is lesbian, and her relationship with a bisexual woman who had been mistreated by a violent husband. They are bullied by the folks in their town in Ireland, but press on anyway. I did not read the book from which this movie was adapted, but apparently the endings are different. Nice "queer" movie.

Great heartfelt movie

Excellent story. Loved it. Well directed. Great acting.

The simple sets allow them to shine and set the whole in some timeless depressing past. I hadn't read the book, or the reviews but found the ending kinda sad and weird because...well can't tell ya without spoiling the end (so stop reading here if you haven't watched it yet and care to not be tipped off), but I didn't see how the main characters would have chosen the ending given whom the story developed them to be. As disappointing as that is, it's still one mistake at the very end in a film that needs to be enjoyed so I vote 5 stars to encourage viewing. Having read the reviews I'm curious to know why the ending was changed. Are things so regressive now that we make herstory worse than it was so we feel we have made more progress than we actually have???

This movie is beautiful. Not in the traditional way of beautiful but the way that it was amazingly done. The actors/actresses do such an amazing job of telling the story. Each and every one of them portrays a believable character. I wish all LGBTQ movies were done this well. My favorite scene where the doctor climbs in bed with the mom. Though asleep the mom feels the doctor come into bed and she scoots her body closer. I hope that doesn't give too much of the movie away. It's little things like this that makes the movie so amazing. It's a must watch.

I did actually enjoy this movie for the most part. Paquin and Grainger have excellent chemistry and I bought their love story. Some of the movie is a little overwrought and dips into melodrama though. And despite understanding that the bees are in the title, the emphasis on them sometimes verged into the unintentionally comical. Especially at the end where they save the day. That being said (spoilers from here on out), I found the ending to be really disappointing. The film is based on a novel of the same name. The book ends with Lydia and Jean taking Charlie and living out the rest of their lives together. A The framing device of the book is actually adult Charlie trying to reconnect with his estranged father. Apparently the director of the film thought a happy ending for lesbians in the 1950s was unrealistic. Despite the book making it clear that it wasn't all rainbows and roses for the two women everywhere they went. It makes it clear they still faced prejudice, but they choose to remain together because they loved each other. The idea that this is unrealistic, is sad. Queer people have been finding ways to be together from time immemorial. Just ask Ann Linster. In 2018, can we not give queer couples a happy ending? Especially if it's in keeping with the source material? It's funny I just watched Desert Hearts (which I would strongly recommend) another film set in the '50s about two women that also ends on a train platform but has a far more hopeful ending. Only it was made in 1985. Let's not take steps back in how queer couples are portrayed, shall we?

良い作品と思います。

Good movie

I loved this film, but had to keep reminding myself it was set in 1952, Abortions were illegal, and lesbianism was kept in the dark behind closed doors. Set against the backdrop of postwar Scotland, this gritty drama is sensitively told. A beautiful love story but remember it`s set in 1952.

Excellent story line well, acted

liked everything about it