Review of Ulee's Gold (1997) by Adrian B — 25 Jun 2012

Small and riveting tale about a beekeeper, Ulee (Peter Fonda), who has run into several problems with regards to his family in recent years. It starts with his son (Tom Wood) in jail for grand larceny and hiding the stolen cash in an unknown location.

In addition, his incapacitated wife (Christine Dunford) is being held by two thugs while their two daughters (Jessica Biel and Vanessa Zima) are under Ulee's care. Now, he ends up getting involved when he takes his daughter-in-law into his care and the thugs demand the stolen money, for which he learns of the location of the cash from his son.

Absorbing mainly thanks to Fonda's performance, which is likely one of his best. I thought it could have been better, perhaps with a more powerful ending, but it was still good because it showed how devastated the daughters and Ulee were from the current, upsetting circumstances.