More than Honey is a 2012 Swiss documentary film directed by Markus Imhoof about honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Austria. The film was submitted for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[1][2]

More than Honey
Film poster
Directed by	Markus Imhoof
Written by	Markus Imhoof Kerstin Hoppenhaus
Produced by	Helmut Grasser Markus Imhoof Thomas Kufus Pierre-Alain Meier
Starring	Fred Jaggi
Release date	11 August 2012 (2012-08-11)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Switzerland
Languages	German English Mandarin Chinese

Cast

• Fred Jaggi
• Prof. Dr. Randolf Menzel [de]
• John Miller
• Liane Singer
• Heidrun Singer
• Zhao Su Zhang
• Fred Terry
• Prof. Dr. Boris Baer
• Elisabeth Schild

Reception

Bumblebee researcher Felicity Muth called the film "visually magnificent."[3] Stephen Holden, writing for the New York Times, calls the cinematography "spectacularly beautiful," and calls the film "a fascinating but rambling documentary."[4] Peter Bradshaw, writing for the Guardian, gave the movie three stars out of five and called it an "interestingly laidback film", opining that, "Imhoof seems disconcertingly untroubled" about the ecological challenges currently facing bees.[5] The film received an approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 39 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.2/10.[6] It also has a rating of 70% on Metacritic, based on 15 critics, indicating "Generally favorable reviews".[7]

See also

• List of submissions to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Official website
• More than Honey at IMDb