The Secret Life of Bees

Who’s curvy: Queen Latifah as August Boatwright and Jennifer Hudson as Rosaleen Daise
Released in: 2008
Description from Amazon.com: Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning head a stellar ensemble cast in this wonderful film about family, independence and the transcendent power of love (Minneapolis Star Tribune) based on the acclaimed best-selling novel. To escape her cruel, angry father and discover the truth about her late mother s past 14-year old Lily Owens flees with her caregiver and friend Rosaleen to a South Carolina town where she s taken in by the bee-keeping Boatwright sisters. Surrounded by the unexpected love, grace and spirituality she encounters there, Lily forms a bond with each of these uniquely gifted women and discovers that sometimes you must leave home in order to find it.
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