 Bee Season 2005  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Cast: Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross, Max Minghella, Kate Bosworth, Corey Fischer, Joan Mankin, Sam Zuckerman, Piers Mackenzie, John Evans
When 11-year-old Eliza (Flora Cross) begins winning spelling bees, her religious studies professor father (Richard Gere) believes that her gift of spelling is a form of Kabbalah and becomes obsessed with Eliza's world. In the process, he neglects his wife (Juliette Binoche) and son, Aaron (Max Minghella), causing tension to erupt over family connections.
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Margot at the Wedding 2007  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black, John Turturro, Flora Cross, Ciaran Hinds, Halley Feiffer, Zane Pais, Susan Blackwell, Seth Barrish, Matthew Arkin, Christian Hansen
Sibling rivalry rises to the fore when Margot (Nicole Kidman) arrives home for her estranged sister Pauline's (Jennifer Jason Leigh) wedding. Margot has her teenage son Claude (Zane Pais) with her, but husband Jim (John Turturro) is not by her side because Margot is in the process of dumping him. Margot makes no pretense of hiding the fact that she does not like anything nor anyone connected with Pauline's wedding. The sisters argue, past secrets are revealed, and resulting tensions threaten Pauline's relationship with her fiance Malcolm (Jack Black). As family relationships deteriorate, will the sisters find anything to bring about a peaceful solution to their problems?
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2. Margot at the Wedding (2007)
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