
Empire Magazine
A gentle and prettily appointed romantic tragedy with likeable performances; but there's a stultifying blandness to proceedings and an implausible final act.
Full reviewOscar winner Anna Paquin (The Piano) and Holliday Grainger (My Cousin Rachel) lead this forbidden love drama set in 1950s small town Britain, based on Fiona Shaw's bestselling novel about a doctor who falls for her young patient's mother.
A gentle and prettily appointed romantic tragedy with likeable performances; but there's a stultifying blandness to proceedings and an implausible final act.
Full reviewDespite the hefty talent involved, there's a preposterous pass-agg tweeness to this film - a contrived and self-conscious affair adapted from Fiona Shaw's 2009 novel and directed by Annabel Jankel.
Full reviewPaquin... and especially Grainger shoulder the film's dramatic burdens with grace and ease... But the unassumingly square and overly familiar film simply isn't the buzzworthy vehicle their work deserves.
Full reviewPaquin and Grainger are likable together, and the film's exploration of womanhood as an identity often dictated by men is handled effectively.
Full reviewRace, sexuality and masculinity are all touched on in a successful attempt to reflect the bigger picture of an era in which the slightest transgression could be met by the harshest of punishments.
Full reviewTell It To The Bees is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Apple TV and SBS On Demand.
Get to your watchlist.
Or sign in with your email
Don’t have a Flicks account?
Keep track of the movies and show you want to see + get Flicks email updates.
Or sign up with your email
Already have a Flicks account?
Don’t have a Flicks account?
Remembered your password?
To post ratings/reviews we need a username. This is what will appear next to your ratings and reviews.