Akeelah and the Bee

2006 • 112 minutes

About this movie

Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer), from south Los Angeles, has a talent for words. In spite of the objections of her mother Wanda (Angela Bassett), Keke enters a spelling contest. Her gift takes her to compete in the National Spelling Bee, the most famous competition of its kind in the world. On the way, she is helped by a forthright, mysterious teacher, Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne) and a cast of colorful characters from the community.

Ratings and reviews

Gran película familiar Tengo que ver la película para entenderla. Es una buena película para simplemente contarla. Como una imagen tipo hija y padre, demasiado larga para explicar realmente la situación, solo mírela y lo sabrá. No te decepcionará. Lloré a William Hale. Debo haber visto esta película mil veces. Realmente me encanta.

Extremely racist, doesn't matter what color skin you are. Garuntee you that if the roles were reversed it would be another riot. This is terrible.

I remember watching this movie years ago. It's a movie that inspired an interest in me to know the origin of words. Thinking about it the other day made me want to watch it again so I decided buy it to watch with my grandchildren.