Film · 2018 · 1h 46m

Tell It to the Bees

Romance · Drama

IMDb 6.5 out of 10Rotten Tomatoes 48%

Tell It to the Bees poster

It's the whole point

The love story is the plot. Everything else is scenery.

Field notes

Why it’s a 5/5
  • Sapphic lead
  • A little
  • A little teary

A small Scottish town in the 1950s. Everyone has an opinion

  • The doctor keeps bees

Where to watch in the US

  • Prime Video
  • Fandango at Home
  • Hoopla
  • Kanopy

Streaming info for the US from JustWatch

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The plot

Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.

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