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Released 11 years ago.
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Once I Was a Beehive
"A girls camp movie based on thousands of true stories."
2015 1h 59m EN
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6.3
MID
★6.3TMDB · 67
ComedyDramaFamily
Synopsis
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After losing her father to cancer, a teenage girl reluctantly joins her new step-cousin at a summer camp for Mormon girls.
“A girls camp movie based on thousands of true stories.”
Cast
Paris Warner
Lane Speer
Lisa Valentine Clark
Carrie Carrington
Hailey Smith
Holly Valentine
Clare Niederpruem
Bree Carrington
Barta Heiner
Nedra
Amy Biedel
Audrey Speer
Brett Merritt
Tristan Samuelson
Ash Santos
Paige
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Maclain Nelson
- Writers
- Maclain Nelson
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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CINEMA
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Part of the "Once I Was ... Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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RUNTIME
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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
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CAST
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Paris Warner and Lisa Valentine Clark and Hailey Smith carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "A girls camp movie based on thousands of true stories.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt4002772 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 67 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Maclain Nelson directs. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 11 years ago.
- 2Part of the "Once I Was ... Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Paris Warner and Lisa Valentine Clark and Hailey Smith carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "A girls camp movie based on thousands of true stories.".
- 6IMDB entry: tt4002772 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 67 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 8Classified under 8 themes, including "summer camp", "christianity", "teen movie", "teenage girl".
The technical file
- Runtime
- 119 min · 1h 59m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $732,655
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG
Part of
Once I Was ... Collection
Once I Was ... Collection
Also by
Maclain Nelson
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- Reno★ 6/10
What matters here is the message... If you won't mind anything else. I am a film fanatic, so like everybody else I seek entertainment in the films I watch. But if it delivers a message or gives a lesson, I'll take it as an inspiration, no matter what category it belongs to. I mean I belong to no religion, but there are many good things about them other than wasting time in the temples and churches for the fantasy things. So that is where this film comes in, even for the non-believers. It might be about a Mormon related theme, that does not mean it is a propaganda or anything, but obviously that's how it looks like. In fact, it is a very enjoyable film, not just for the kids or the women, but anyone and mostly for the families. Because it was not about the god stuff, it was about the human bond and having faith in each other to work together. In many parts, that's what the film characters express through the dialogues and makes us comfortable for further viewing. The story was narrated from an atheist teen girl's perspective, but her condition of life had an impact for telling a beautiful and semi-emotional tale. It was a quality of the television product, mainly because it is PG rated. The wonderful cast and shot in the nicest places. So just enjoy its contents as a human being with the emotions and ignore the religious stuffs if you think it is overshadowed by that. Because, because of watching it you won't turn a Mormon in an overnight. 6/10
Production companies
Who made it
- MA
Main Dog Productions
US
- ES
Escapology
US
Key crew
- Construction CoordinatorJonas Sappington
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- summer camp
- christianity
- teen movie
- teenage girl
- dog
- mormon
- christian film
- christian camp
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2015-08-14PG
Also known as
International titles
- Girls CampUS
