I'm not sure how this one got past me, but I really enjoyed it. Sometimes I get slight ptsd watching films like this set in the not too distant past. I feel so overwhelmed by the daily misery wonderful, caring, compassionate, intelligent, people suffered over their entire lifetime, just for being gay, it's heartbreaking, can you imagine the pain and trauma of having to live your life in fear? It's easy to understand how the daily stress would inevitably lead to mental health issues. The film was interesting and the end not as bleak as it probably would have been if this film was made 10 years ago,as everything 'lesbian' was quite grim until recently. Acting was good by everyone, though I have to say Anna Paquin (the Dr) is not a great actress imo but did a fairly good Scottish accent. Sexual tension builds, but you can see how the Dr tries to fight her feelings for the boys mother as she knows it will just cause pain and trouble for all, then there is the young son who talks to the bees, which is quite charming. I found the bee sequences fascinating and humans should take note of our destruction of the bee population and the impact it will eventually have on us. This was a film about good decent people being vilified by nasty people, and it happens every day around the world. Cinematography, sound, all that stuff on mark too. Recommended (by a gay woman).
Review of Tell It to the Bees
