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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThe Spirit of the Beehive, like "Cinema Paradiso," also takes place at the particular intersection of reality and fantasy defined by youthful moviegoing.
- 90Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonBeehive is a graceful and potent lyric on children's vulnerable hunger, but it's also a sublime study on cinema's poetic capacity to reflect and hypercharge reality.
- 88Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThis is a modest marvel of grace and framing that unfolds with the patience of a cloud and is driven more by wonder than pure emotion. It doesn't have the exuberance of Francois Truffaut 's "Small Change." Instead, it's that movie's antonym, yet just as wondrous.
- 80Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrThe extraordinary child actress Ana Torrent (Cria) made her debut here at the age of five. Much in the film is derivative, but Erice excels in precise evocations of childhood feelings.