Nel 1964, un'adolescente in cerca della verità sulla madre fugge in una piccola cittadina della Carolina del Sud dove trova una famiglia di donne indipendenti che possono rimetterla in conta... Leggi tuttoNel 1964, un'adolescente in cerca della verità sulla madre fugge in una piccola cittadina della Carolina del Sud dove trova una famiglia di donne indipendenti che possono rimetterla in contatto col suo passato.Nel 1964, un'adolescente in cerca della verità sulla madre fugge in una piccola cittadina della Carolina del Sud dove trova una famiglia di donne indipendenti che possono rimetterla in contatto col suo passato.
- Premi
- 11 vittorie e 17 candidature
- Deborah Owens
- (as Hilarie Burton)
- Zach Taylor
- (as Tristan Wilds)
- Doll
- (as Renée Clark)
- Violet
- (as a different name)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizAlicia Keys learned to play the cello in 4 weeks for this part.
- BlooperThe story takes place in 1964. Throughout the story, June wears a silk-screen NAACP t-shirt. Silk-screened t-shirts did not exist until the issuance of a patent for the garment screen printing machine in 1969.
- Citazioni
Zach Taylor: Miss August told me about you being here helping out. She didn't mention anything about you being white.
Lily Owens: Maybe she didn't notice.
- Versioni alternativeHome video versions (DVD and Blu-ray) include both the original theatrical version and the extended director's cut of 114 minutes.
- ConnessioniFeatured in The 35th Annual People's Choice Awards (2009)
- Colonne sonoreHippy Hippy Shake
Written by Chan Romero (as Robert L. Romero)
Performed by The Swinging Blue Jeans
Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd.
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
In the midst of the civil rights movement, Rosaleen finds herself in some trouble with the locals, inspiring Lily to flee with her to a South Carolina town that she believes holds the secret to her mother's past. In this town, they find refuge with the Boatwright sisters (Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys and Sophie Okonedo), who take them in on the strength of a story concocted by Lily. Through their cultured world, filled with beekeeping, a lucrative honey business, religious beliefs and love, Lily finds the security she has longed for and finds the answers to questions that haunted her for years.
The director (Prince-Brythewood) did a great job at making us care about the characters, even the miserable father played excellently by Paul Bettany. Alicia Keys shows that some R&B singers can actually perform well in a movie, playing the snooty June Boatwright. However, the best performances has to be between Fanning and Okonedo, who played the gentle, simple minded, manic depressive May Boatwright. If Okonedo reminded me less of Thandie Newton's character in "Beloved," I would've predicted an Oscar nomination depending on this year's competition. Maybe there's one in store for Bettany? Its all left to be seen.
The film has its flaws. It dragged for a good portion of the first thirty minutes as we watch Lily and Rosaleen mill about, doing mundane things in their pitiful lives. But then it really picks up when they meet the Boatwright sisters. The characters were balancing on a thin line between empathetic and sympathetic. You never want to be in the latter. And the filmmakers couldn't resist being a bit schmaltzy on occasion, making most of it play like a good after school special with nothing beyond two dimensionality. And my biggest problem with the film... anti-climatic.
Overall, its a solid film and definitely worth the time in seeing.
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Dettagli
- Data di uscita
- Paese di origine
- Sito ufficiale
- Lingua
- Celebre anche come
- Sabor a miel
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Aziende produttrici
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Botteghino
- Budget
- 11.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 37.770.162 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 10.527.799 USD
- 19 ott 2008
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 39.952.437 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 54 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 2.39 : 1