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Very emotional...
One of my favorite movies! It's extremely emotional & intense, but realistic which is refreshing. Dakota Fanning is excellent. I love Alicia Keys! I think the storyline is too powerful for young ones, the violence bothered me somewhat & the journey to find more about her mother was very sad & depressing. The whole concept of race/racism was a lot to breathe in but that's why this film is so great. Even older adults will cry, so make sure you have extra kleenex around! I rate this 5/5 stars.

Karluveva13
teen, 14 years old
 
The Secret Life of Bees is a movie thta will make you cry and laugh.It shows how you have to stick together and never turn away from family.

iluvzmoosyk
teen, 16 years old
 
It was a very touching movie that left me teary-eyed
This movie takes place in the time of unequal rights for colored people. It is about a girl named Lily who runs away from her neglecting father to find out the truth about her dead mother. She travels with her house-keeper, a black woman named Rosalina, and finds a link between a family of black woman and what she is looking for. They take her in and care for her and Rosalina. This is a very touching movie that I recommend for all people 11 and up. A must see. Hope my review helps you! -i love dogs

EmilyB123
teen, 15 years old
 
I really liked this movie and it delivered a powerful message at the end. Good acting too

ParamoreFan09
teen, 15 years old
 
This site doesn't have the book. Only the movie.
I'm reading the BOOK right now. WHY DOESN'T THIS SITE HAVE THE BOOK?! ONLY THE MOVIE! That's sad. The book has language, sex, and suicide. But the characters are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in. The BOOK is really good.

calliegallie2
teen, 15 years old
 
The secret like of this review.
Well I loved this movie. I thought it was al little sad because someone does kill them selves. There is just a gentle kissing and there is some abuse. Also this is when there was segregation in it so that isn't a positive message.

Lupinta
kid, 11 years old
 
Older kids
Dakota Fanning is the main character she goes to a house and learns a lot of life lessons.

pink_penguin_g ...
kid, 12 years old
 
Iffy for kids, better for young adults.
I am a kid ten years old, and maybe you think I shouldn't have seen it. But I read the book and saw the movie and I think they were both copacetic for kids 12+. There is a lot of violence, especially to African Americans, but not too graphic. There is cussing, words really NO ONE should use, but definitely not young adults or children. Lily, the main character, kisses a black boy once, and June and her boyfriend kiss a lot, but nothing more then that. Lily is treated badly, and she has to sit on grits, so her knees have a little blood on them but not a lot. On the whole, I recommend this movie for 12+ and maybe if a parent is with them, 10 is the youngest. You choose. Great movie, great book (by Sue Monk Kidd)!

MillyMolly
teen, 15 years old
 
Great Acting
This is a great movie, it teaches valuable lessons, and it shows what happened in those days. I cried so much at this movie, but it was great acting :)

taylorlaunterluver
teen, 14 years old
 
a sad but learning story
the positive message iz that every little thing can b loved

bubbles323232
teen, 14 years old
 

angel6757
teen, 14 years old
 
Great movie with mature themes
Secret Life Of Bees is a very good movie starring Dakota Fanning. The movie is about a 14 year old girl who is haunted by the memorie of when she accidently killed her mother when she was four. She also has a very abusive father. Finnally she thinks her dad has crossed the line with saying and doing bad things to her. So she runs away and takes an older family memeber with her. soon they find a place to stay with a kind family who makes honey and works with bees. Lilly the 14 year old girl lies and doesent tell them why she really needs a place to stay. But as lilly becomes closer and closer to the family through love, honey, friendship, tragedies, and bees she has second thoughts about keeping everything about her life a secret from them. The movie is very sad and somewhat ilont. But secret life of bees i recomend for all kids 12 and up. But keep in mind the movie does have mature themes such as: Physical abuse, death, tragedies, and more....

9hemmatip
teen, 14 years old
 
Great but violent movie that may disturb younger children. But good for 12+

ResidentEvilPotter
teen, 13 years old
 
Wonderful, Heartfelt, Touching Story - Does the Book Some Justice
Amazing movie. Some racial issues, including a character being falsely accused and beaten. The most intense scene of the movie is when one of the characters commits suicide. You see her body and the reaction of all the characters. It's very sad and has an effect for pretty much the remainder of the movie. I highly recommend you give it a chance.

 
Great Movie with a great sense of reality

ClearastheSea
teen, 16 years old
 
Perfect for 13+
This movie is an exellent film representation of the book by the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. The movie portrays important issues like racial prejudice, bad family situations, and suicide, while keeping an overall positive message of finding yourself and beauty in unexpected places. Lily, the main character, finds a true family in the beekeeping Boatwright sisters, and learns much about herself and that 'she is enough.'

emniki422
kid, 12 years old
 
The Secret Life of Bees was a really great movie. The scenes with Lily's abusive father are pretty scary, but not too horrible. Also, a woman's dead body is revealed, in an extremely sad scene. There are also fighting. There is some mild curses, and the N word is targeted to hurt African Americans (this movie takes place in the 60's). This movie teaches a very valuable lesson of friendship and love. Lily's father is a terrible role model, but there are many good ones, like August. All in all, I would really recommend The Secret Life of Bees.

skyrebel
teen, 15 years old
 
Awesome movie
This movie is extremely powerful. It shows viewers the effects of racial discrimination in the 1960s. the leading female roles are very strong, but why in the world are most of of them singers? Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, even Queen Latifah did some rap back in the day. And they got Sophie Okonedo to play Miss May. And she's a singer. Mind you, they are all strong women. But overall, an extremely inspirational movie. p.s Zach and Lily's kiss was so adorable!!!

Dripping love
teen, 16 years old
 
I loved it but think its to intense for young crowds

shanno15
teen, 16 years old
 
My review
This movie is sad,rascist,and abusive. The father abused his wife, and his daughter. The daughter accidently kills her mother when she was little with a gun. A girl May is shown drowned in a lake, and dead. A colored woman is beaten, and so is a colored man.