"The Secret Life of Bees" falls into a loose, annoying subgenre of movies I'm going to call "Ya-Ya Sisterhood Bullcorn." These movies tend to be based on the sorts of books Oprah likes to endorse ...

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.

With no signs of exertion, Fanning wills Lily from fictional stereotype into persuasive movie existence. The Secret Life of Bees may not be a To Kill a Mockingbird on page or screen, but Fanning ...

Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah in 'The Secret Life of Bees.' For a couple of hundred New Orleans movie-goers, "The Secret Life of Bees" isn't so secret anymore. It was an opening-night selection ...

That was the question some of us in the media were all asking before the release of ‘The Secret Life of Bees’ earlier this month. Most old-fashioned movie marketers had said--not likely ...

The Secret Life of Bees: Family drama. Starring Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo and Paul Bettany. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. (PG-13. 110 minutes.

But imperfect movies sometimes have more life to them than the most painstakingly executed pictures do, and "The Secret Life of Bees" is a case in point. Dakota Fanning plays Lily, a young ...

The "Secret Life of Bees" doesn't officially open in New Orleans until next Friday (Oct. 17), but local movie buffs can catch an advance screening tonight (Oct. 10), as the Dakota Fanning drama is ...

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Yet the movie works some magic ... Call it schmaltz if you like, but The Secret Life of Bees portions out colorblind lessons of healing and hope. With a teaspoon of honey — or a case of the ...

Adapted from the bestselling novel of the same name, 'The Secret Life of Bees' sees Dakota Fanning lead an extremely talented cast admirably. She plays Lily, a teenage girl who has grown up ...