Bee Season (2005) - film review

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Bee Season is an American film first released in 2005, directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel. The film stars Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella and Kate Bosworth. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Script: Myla Goldberg, Naomi Foner
Photo: Giles Nuttgens
Music: Peter Nashel
Cast: Richard Gere (Saul), Juliette Binoche (Miriam), Flora Cross (Eliza), Max Minghella (Aaron), Kate Bosworth (Chali), Corey Fischer (National Spelling Bee Pronouncer), Sam Zuckerman (National Spelling Bee Judge), Joan Mankin (Ms. Bergermeyer), Piers Mackenzie (Dr. Morris), Lorri Holt (Ms. Rai), Brian Leonard (Mr. Julien), Jamal Thornes (Wiseacre Boy’s Mate), Kathy McGraw (Regional Bee Pronouncer), John Evans (Regional Bee Judge), Alisha Mullally (Young Miriam), John R. Searle (Himself), Seamus Genovese (Priest), Andrew Murray (Young Aaron), Dick Martin (State Bee Pronouncer), Olivia Charles (State Bee Judge), Sujata Balu (Indian Woman), Steven Anthony Jones (Sergeant), David Ryan Smith (Nurse), Velina Brown (Hotel Housekeeper), Robyn Blair (Melanie), Justin Alioto (Kevin), Alex Keel (Sinna Bhagudori), Justin Ping Yuan (Li Chan), Anthony Ybarra (’Sequel’ Speller), Ben Johnson (’Orangutan’ Speller), Taylor Kane (’Coyote’ Speller), Derek Wong (’Oasis’ Speller), Sophie Oda (’Usurper’ Speller), Anand Zala (’Staccato’ Speller), Samuel Richman (’Hoodlum’ Speller), Shawn Smith (’Macrame’ Speller), Mickey Boxell (’Lorgnette’ Speller), Maya Ramchandran (’Daguerreotype’ Speller), Neil Chalaka (’Glissando’ Speller), Gaayatri Kaundinya (’Selenic’ Speller), Charlotte Musengwa (’Duvetyn’ Speller), Nikil Balakrishnan (’Peripatetic’ Speller), Isaiah Aglibot Bryant (’Thoracic’ Speller), Alison Doyle (National Spelling Bee Winner), Emily Trumble (’Iridian’ Speller), Nathan Calixto (’Ecchymosis’ Speller), Simon M. Ehrlich (’Succotash’ Speller), Nick Taber (’Abiogenist’ Speller), Gautam Krishnamurthi (’Strongylid’ Speller), Corey Rateau (’Noctivagant’ Speller), Patricia R. Floyd (Voice Actor), Timothy Gulan (Voice Actor), Betsy Hogg (Voice Actor), Jennifer Perito (Voice Actor), Kristin Reeves (Voice Actor), Rose Stockton (Voice Actor), Marlon Suson (Voice Actor), Michael Tommer (Voice Actor), Arden Winant (Voice Actor), Bruce Winant (Voice Actor), Vanessa Lemonides (Special Voicing), Dann Fink (Special Voicing), Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (Bee Season #1), Joseph Amey (Audience Member), Alissa Anderegg (Spelling Bee Student), Heather Barberie (Lab Assistant), Christa Bella (Audience Member), Aida Bernardino (Parent), Mia Bernardino (Eliza’s Classmate), Chandler Bolt (Student), Mike Borg (Bee Contestant’s Father), Domenic Bove (Spelling Bee Contestant), Cynthia Lea Clark (Photographer), Jared Dorrance (Spelling Bee Student), Cathy Fithian (Elevator Mom), Terri J. Freedman (Comfort Counselor), Aaron Guerra (Audience Member), Brandon Haas (Spelling Bee Student), David Hern (Bell Judge), David Hodges (Audience Member), Mason Hsieh (Nervous Spelling Bee contestant), Rick Kain (Yuppy Dad), Branden Weslee Kong (Audience Member), Shaun Landry (Patient), Thomas Loher (Audience Member), Florentine Mocanu (Nurse), Tam Nguyen (Classroom Student), Marcus Niehaus (Student), Scott Palmer (Congressman), Pat Ridley (Audience Member), Alexandra Rieger (Spelling Bee Student #73), Jennifer Robertson (Family Member), Angie Ruiz (Kabbalah Student), Michael Sandow, Peggy Sandow (Mother), Bobby Sharpe (Himself), Jaime Soria (Spelling Bee Spectator), James D. Weston II (Parent)
Country: USA
Language: English / Hebrew
Runtime: 104 min

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