Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.
The Secret Life of Bees has generally received positive reviews.
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The Secret Life of Bees was released in 2008 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 646 reviews, giving The Secret Life of Bees (2008) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 63%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Secret Life of Bees than critics were.
With a score of 70%, The Secret Life of Bees is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2008, which stands at 56%.
Other movies from 2008 with similar scores include films like Tropic Thunder, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
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