| Beeswax | |
| Director: | Andrew Bujalski |
| Producer: | Dia Sokol Ethan Vogt |
| Starring: | Tilly Hatcher Maggie Hatcher Alex Karpovsky |
| Cinematography: | Matthias Grunsky |
| Editing: | Andrew Bujalski |
| Distributor: | The Cinema Guild |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $46,590 |
Beeswax is a 2009 American mumblecore film written and directed by Andrew Bujalski. The film examines a few days in the life of twins, played by real-life sisters Tilly and Maggie Hatcher.
It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival[1] and had a limited theatrical release in the United States on August 7, 2009.[2]
The film opened to positive reviews. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 75% of 48 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 6.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Andrew Bujalski's third effort will test the patience of some filmgoers, but it represents a warm, funny, and honest introduction to the mumblecore movement."[3] Review aggregator Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 70 (out of 100) based on 14 reviews from mainstream critics, considered to be "generally favorable reviews".[4]
Beeswax was released on DVD by The Cinema Guild on April 6, 2010.[5] In 2020, The Cinema Guild released a remastered version of the film with a new cover design, a booklet of essays by Christopher Terhechte and Kevin Coorigan, and bonus features including a 10 Years Later Q&A with the cast and crew.[6]