The read
A Balasaur Score of 60 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 49%, Metacritic 50/100. Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Dr. Jean Markham returns to the town she left as a teenager to take over her late father's medical practice. When a school-yard scuffle lands Charlie in her surgery, she invites him to visit the hives in her garden and tell his secrets to the bees, as she once did. The new friendship between the boy and the bee keeper brings his mother Lydia into Jean's world.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes49%
Metacritic50/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
478 audience votes
Key crew
- Annabel JankelDirector
- Henrietta AshworthScreenplay
- Jessica AshworthScreenplay
- Claire M SingerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anna PaquinJean Markham
- Holliday GraingerLydia Weekes
- Emun ElliottRobert Weekes
- Steven RobertsonJim
- Lauren LyleAnnie Stock
- Gregor SelkirkCharlie Weekes
- Kate DickiePam Stock
- Billy BoydOlder Charlie (voice)
- Euan MasonJohn
- Zara HowellChanting Girl 2
- Violet FluendyChanting Girl 3
- Kaidon McGrathBully Boy
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookscotlandlesbian relationshipworking classlgbtwoman director1950sfailed marriagebeekeeperlesbian