Fresh
This low-key drama is played slow and sage.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Overview
Third-generation Florida beekeeper Ulee Jackson may have gotten out of Vietnam alive, but he left a part of himself behind. Now he methodically tends his bees, carefully provides for his two grandchildren and keeps his emotions at bay. But when a long-buried secret threatens Ulee's business and family, he is forced to break through his emotional walls and confront the terror of his wounded spirit.
Director and cast
- Victor Nuñez Director
- Peter Fonda as Ulee Jackson
- Patricia Richardson as Connie Hope
- Christine Dunford as Helen Jackson
- Tom Wood as Jimmy Jackson
- Jessica Biel as Casey Jackson
- Vanessa Zima as Penny Jackson
- Steven Flynn as Eddie Flowers
- Dewey Weber as Ferris Doley
- J. Kenneth Campbell as Sheriff Bill Floyd
- Traber Burns as Chance Barrow
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One of those unexpected pleasures that combines a low budget with a high emotional impact.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
A modest delight.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
This is no bakery-grade honey.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
There is a quality about this film's use of deliberation that comes at times wonderfully close to magic.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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