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Honey Bee

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Honey Bee

2018

1h 33m

Drama

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When 14-year-old Natalie is arrested for prostitution and put into foster care in remote Northern Ontario, she desperately struggles to break free and reunite with her pimp and boyfriend.

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Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

With her narrative feature debut, the documentary filmmaker Rama Rau offers an edgier after-school special that is nevertheless worth seeing for Stone alone.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 18, 2019

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Joey Keogh

Vague Visages

Rau's film... is more concerned with providing a scuzzy but always well-meaning day-in-the-life look at someone in a horrible situation than providing any easy answers to how she'll get out of it.

Dec 3, 2020

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Kevin Jagernauth

The Playlist

An authentically lived-in and hard-won tale of survival.

Rated: B

Nov 13, 2020

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Jared Mobarak

The Film Stage

[The film isn't] about piling on the tragedy or sweeping her trauma under the rug for some unrealistic rebirth in the aftermath. It's about growing, healing, and hope.

Rated: B

Nov 9, 2020

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Luke Y. Thompson

Films Gone Wild

To the extent that there's joy to be had in this rough story, it's in seeing world-weary Natalie effortlessly manipulate the high school's would-be bad boys who think they're hardcore

Oct 19, 2020

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

Honey Bee doesn't break new ground for this sort of drama, but it distinguishes itself in its slow accumulation of small moments.

Sep 19, 2019

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TJ E

I truly hope these actors have grown in their acting skills. This is poorly made, low budget, bad acting and all around a waste of time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/25

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Audience Member

This movie so underrated. It deserves so much credit for all the effort and the story line put into this movie. This generation deserves more movies like these.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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dave d

'Honey Bee' was a film I wanted to like a lot. It has Martha Plimpton for crying out loud. Unfortunately, a movie that borders on a world that is very dangerous was portrayed as kinda ok, and then really horrible. Rama Rau flirts, but never really gives the viewer a profound reason to root for our underaged prostitute. We get very little back story and there are sudden tonal shifts that just make the film even more unrealistic. At its heart there's some fine acting (and some not so fine), but overall it's frustrating. Julia Sarah Stone is so perfectly cast. Despite being well older than her supposed 16, she's committed to the character. The third act is uneven and muddled, yet we're left with not a whole heck of a lot resolved. It's a mixed bag. Final Score: 5/10

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Raw and gripping tale of tragedy and rejection with a glimmer of hope for salvation, with an amazing soundtrack to export.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Scott W

Strong lead address . .....

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/15/20

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Synopsis

When 14-year-old Natalie is arrested for prostitution and put into foster care in remote Northern Ontario, she desperately struggles to break free and reunite with her pimp and boyfriend.

Director: Rama Rau
Producer: Sally Karam
Screenwriter: Bonnie Fairweather, Kathleen Hepburn
Production Co: Filmshow, Sixth Avenue Enterprises
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 10, 2020
Runtime: 1h 33m

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