We aren’t crying, its just that something got in our eye. “The Secret Life of Bees” trailer is online and it looks a tad sentimental. The story follows an orphaned southern girl, Lily Owens, played by Dakota Fanning and her black caregiver (Jennifer Hudson) as they end up on a successful beekeeping farm owned by the Boatwrights, who happen to be three eccentric sisters with past ties to Lily’s mother (Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys and Sophie Okonedo). While the secret to Lily’s past and her mothers death lie right under her nose the drama unfolds as the friction between the whites in the community and the Boatwrights increase.
It might not be this years “Juno” but it may end up being a decent box-office draw and if done right it could be a film that is tolerable to sit through when you inevitably get drug to it by your girlfriend. An Adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd’s 2002 bestseller, “The Secret Lives Of Bees” comes out October 17, 2008 and was once a project that indie-auterur David Gordon Green was attached to direct. We wonder if he’s sad about this one.