Akeelah and the Bee(2006)

Name: Akeelah and the Bee
Genre: Drama
Released: 2006-04-28
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 7.049
Cast: Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal

Changing the world... one word at a time.

7.0

(346 votes)

1h 53m

April 28, 2006

Drama

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Synopsis

11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

Réalisateur: Doug Atchison

Scénariste: Doug Atchison