Silence of Bees is a very emotional powerful film that most people could relate to. The director, Andrew J. Traister, does a good job of recreating the screenplay done by Joanna Perry-Folino who created it after having a dream about an old friend she knew whose father was novelist Richard Yates. The viewer is brought into an intimate moment between a grown daughter and her father and the emotional struggle to stay connected to each other. Jim Beaver, who plays the father, does a wonderful job of playing the stubborn father who loves his daughter but has a hard time expressing it. Sharon Garnier, who plays Alex, also does a good job at playing the daughter who has clearing struggled in life. The two of them have an on screen chemistry that has the viewer believing that they are related. The storyline is simple yet complex in its view on what every grown child and parent seems to relate to. Parents do the best they know how and children want to please their parents the best that they know how. The film, as good as it was, could've been made into a longer film to truly capture the audience and connect with the characters more. However, this film is worth watching and the unspoken message is even more powerful than the one spoken.
Review of The Silence of Bees
