The read
Scores higher than 86% of the 1,962 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic77/100
84 audience votes
Key crew
- Victor NuñezDirector
- Victor NuñezWriter
- Charles EngstromOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Peter FondaUlee Jackson
- Patricia RichardsonConnie Hope
- Christine DunfordHelen Jackson
- Tom WoodJimmy Jackson
- Jessica BielCasey Jackson
- Vanessa ZimaPenny Jackson
- Steven FlynnEddie Flowers
- Dewey WeberFerris Doley
- J. Kenneth CampbellSheriff Bill Floyd
- Traber BurnsChance Barrow
- Ryan MarshallCharley Myers
- Chad FishMark
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Themes
floridaparent child relationshipstolen moneydysfunctional familystabbingbank robberybeeparent-in-law child-in-law relationshiporlando floridabeekeeper