Film

Bee Season

2005 · 1h 44m · Drama · Family

IMDb

5.5

Rotten Tomatoes

44%

Metacritic

54

Wife and mother Miriam begins a downward emotional spiral as her husband avoids their collapsing marriage by immersing himself in his 11-year-old daughter's quest to become a spelling-bee champion.

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

Cynthia Lea Clark

Photographer (uncredited)

Alisha Mullally

Young Miriam

Brian Leonard

Mr. Julien

John Evans

Regional Bee Judge

Kathy McGraw

Regional Bee Pronouncer

• Scott McGeheeDirector
• David SiegelDirector
• Naomi FonerScreenplay
• Myla GoldbergNovel
• Albert BergerProducer
• Ron YerxaProducer
• Arnon MilchanExecutive Producer
• Mark RomanekExecutive Producer
• Peggy RajskiExecutive Producer
• Giles NuttgensDirector of Photography

Release date

September 3, 2005

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

18

Budget

$14,000,000

Revenue

$6,856,989

Genres

Drama, Family

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