Movie Review: Bee Season

Yeah, don't see this movie.

We got the dvd as a gift, but I'm suspicious, having watched it, that it's more of a curse getting passed along to people. We gave it to the baby to play with and it made him cry.

The movie is about a guy (Richard Gere) who is both a college professor and a nutbar dad, pushing his daughter to succeed in spelling bees. He's married to Juliette Binoche, who spends most of the movie trying to walk off the set, eventually going crazy because she's contractually obligated to appear in the film. There's also an older son who has a relationship with Kate Bosworth and Buddhism, both of which seem like they'd make far better movies than "Bee Season."

One problem, among many, is that this is the most depressing family in the world. They never smile, even the son who's sleeping with Kate Bosworth. She smiles, probably because she only has a little bit of screen time.

It's not even worth me going into the other problems.