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Personally I felt the performances were outstanding. Alicia Keyes was wonderful,Queen was the pillar of strength, Hudson proved that her Oscar wasn't a fluke,but most importantly you are able to watch a cute and charming little girl actress give a phenomenal mature performance worthy of Oscar consideration. Dakota Fanning is a delight to watch.I wanted the story to end in a more positive manner.I believe that the end of the movie should have been when all the women are united on the steps with Lily,after her father leaves her behind.It is a very unique story and I believe many will be moved by these incredible talented women,whether black or white. It does have a few slow moments,but the film is intriguing in a way that made you desire to see more.Absolutely some of the most beautiful cinematic shots. Overall a great drama!

I'm not sure why this film got such a bad rating....it's truly one of the nicest films I've seen in a long time! I brought my daughter to see the movie today -- we both had tears in our eyes throughout the movie. The acting was superb, as was the casting. Normally I like to read the book before seeing a movie, as usually the book is so much better. I am glad that my daughter talked me into going to this movie. I think cinematically, it was one of the prettiest movies I've seen in awhile. You are taken from laughing one moment to feeling as though your heart is being tugged out of your body in the next moment. I will definitely be recommending this film to my friends!

In 1964 a 14 year old girl runs away from home to find out about the mother she barely remembers and who died when she was 4. She ends up at the home of Queen Latifah and her sisters who make honey. Really good drama that is perhaps too perfectly feel good. Normally this amount of wisdom and love would get on my nerves but it didn't I really liked it. Perhaps the sweetness was made tolerable by the handful of scenes with Paul Bettany as the girls father. A gruff sad man I could relate to and found myself truly heart broken by his last line to his daughter. (Oh how I could relate to it.) Very much worth a look. 8 out of 10