Honeyland (2019 film)

Honeyland grossed $712,363 in the United States and Canada, and $11,687 in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of US$724,050.[9][10]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 99% based on 80 reviews, with an average rating of 8.36/10. It also has an 86/100 average on Metacritic.[11] The website's critical consensus reads, "Honeyland uses life in a remote village to offer an eye-opening perspective on experiences that should resonate even for audiences halfway around the world."[12] David Ehlrich writing for IndieWire gave the film a B+ in his review, calling it “a bitter and mesmerically beautiful documentary that focuses on a single beekeeper as though our collective future hinges on the fragile relationship between she and her hives.”[13] Guy Lodge wrote in a positive review for Variety, "In Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska's painstaking observational documentary, everything from the honey upwards is organic."[14] Writing for the The Hollywood Reporter, Sheri Linden called it "An unforgettable vérité character study and an intimate look at an endangered tradition."[15] Ed Potton of The Times, who gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, said of the documentary "Although it starts as a meditation on the hardship and rhythms of rural life, Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska's documentary becomes something more intimate."[16] Rating it 4 out of 5, Helen O’Hara of Empire magazine, summed up the film as "Stunningly beautiful and quietly powerful, this is a portrait of a vanishing way of life and of a determined woman who's just trying to make her way in the world."[17]