Aida Bernardino, Angie Ruiz, Corey Fischer
Eliza Naumann has no reason to believe she is anything but ordinary. Her father Saul, a beloved university professor, dotes on her talented elder brother Aaron. Her scientist mother, Miriam, seems con...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 4, 2006
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Flixster Reviews (512)
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October 11, 2007This film definitely has something but it takes some time to work out exactly what that something is.
Flora Cross is either the most boring child ever born or a fantastic actress. I've never seen a child be so extremely sullen for the whole length of a film. -
May 14, 2007WHOA. Deep cosmic mindfuck alert! This will never be too successful as a movie but the silent undertones of the story makes it rewardin. Think K-Pax but with more spirituality, less urgency. Binoche is a milf as always. On a less shallow note, this movie operates at a certain wav...( read more)
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November 7, 2006Seldom do films manage to be so self-satisfied, so overwhelmingly pretentious, and so very dull. D-U-L-L.
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September 24, 2009whoa the last part is amazing. i really cried so hard and had my burst of emotion. Eliza (Flora Cross) is the daughter of lJuliette Binouche AND RCHARD GERE who is good in spelling and she did won the contest in spelling bee. her family is terribly falling apart. oih my gawd eliz...( read more)
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July 15, 2009This film definitely has something but it takes some time to work out exactly what that something is but I was fun to try.
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December 23, 2008One of those book-based movies that left out a lot of core character info. This adaptation lacked cohesiveness for me.
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September 19, 2008There were some very interesting scenes when Eliza imagines the words in her mind, like dandelion and origami.. Yet the movie all in all wasn't that spectacular..
Critic Reviews
November 22, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
November 18, 2005
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Over the years this actor has become a beguiling silver fox, trickier than he seems, but [Gere] still doesn't have the psychic weight to pull off a role like Saul. full review
November 11, 2005
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Bee Season can spell strongylid but it doesn't know the definition of tension. full review
November 10, 2005
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It doesn't quite manage the shattering emotionality of the novel, but it's an intriguing, if slightly plodding, adaptation. full review
November 10, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The performance by Flora Cross is haunting in its seriousness. She doesn't act out; she acts in. full review
November 7, 2005
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
The trouble with these various plights is that we are required to lend them equal sympathy, and to go on sympathizing until our ears pop. full review
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July 8, 2006I liked it but I couldn't relate to any of the characters...I thought Kate Bosworth was good in it, I liked her little role. I didn't really understand the religion thing. Or the mothers character I have no idea what that was all about and the girl was a little annoying. So it was okay...
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