Release Date: October 17, 2008
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Screenwriter: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Starring: Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, Nate Parker, Tristan Wilds, Hilarie Burton, Paul Bettany
Genre: Adventure, Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for thematic material and some violence)
Official Website: FoxSearchlight.com/TheSecretLifeofBees
Review: 6.5/10 rating
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: DVD | Blu-ray Disc
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Plot Summary: "The Secret Life of Bees," based on the New York Times best selling novel and set in South Carolina in 1964, is the moving tale of Lily Owens (Fanning) a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother (Burton). To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father (Bettany), Lily flees with Rosaleen (Hudson), her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past. Taken in by the intelligent and independent Boatwright sisters (Latifah, Okonedo and Keys), Lily finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.

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