Synopsis
With dazzling nature photography, Academy Award®–nominated director Markus Imhoof (The Boat Is Full) takes a global examination of endangered honeybees — spanning California, Switzerland, China and Australia — more ambitious than any previous work on the topic.
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Cast
- Fred JaggiSelf
- Randolf MenzelSelf
- Liane SingerSelf
- Heidrun SingerSelf
- John HurtNarrator (english voice)
- Charles BerlingNarrator (french voice)
- Robert Hunger-BühlerNarrator (german voice)
- John MillerSelf
Recommendations
- 100
New York Post
Without any preachiness, this magically beautiful film urges us to take better care of the bees, and honor the irreplaceable things that they do for us. - 80
Village Voice
More Than Honey isn't just 91 minutes of dead bees. Who could bear that? Instead, it's a delightful, informative, and suitably contemplative study of the bee world and the bee-population crisis, though in the end it does offer enough dewdrops of hope to fill up a bluebell or two. - 75
Slant Magazine
Markus Imhoof's film reveals itself as a curious, audacious mix of personal essay film and nature documentary. - 75
The A.V. Club
It’s a film that wants to celebrate as much as doom-say. - 75
Boston Globe
Though overloaded with narration, “Honey” triumphs visually, with stunning shots of bees in flight, tracked in slow motion, “Winged Migration”-style, by who-knows-what technical wizardry. - 70
The New York Times
A fascinating but rambling documentary. - 70
Variety
Most striking in “Honey” are closeups of the bees in their hives, symbiotically working together in creating their new queen: Imhoof rightfully spends time detailing the extraordinary nature of bee social structure. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
A film whose fascination with bees and their mammoth impact on the global food chain extends far beyond the subject of colony collapse disorder. Arthouse audiences will eat it up.
