3/26/2023 0 Comments Akeelah and the beeBut the fact of the matter is that audiences aren't drawn to them. It is undoubtedly a fascinating subject to behold, one which requires large amounts of both intelligence and strategy. The world of competitive spelling bees has always been a hard subject to dramatize. (Lions Gate Films, Run time 1:52, Rated PG)(8/10) The film will keep your attention the whole time, and you will clap at the end. The movie shows you all the hard work and pressure it takes for someone to actually compete in the national spelling-bee. The film has humor, charm, success, a positive image, drama, and a happy ending which we all like to see in a movie. The storyline of an underdog 11 year-old girl living with her working mother, single mother sister, and gang member brother, making it big in the world of the national spelling-bee is a classic. The story of Akeelah is an inspirational and heart-warming one that was made for all ages. (My Comment) This is one movie the whole family can see. With the help of the whole neighborhood, Akeelah learns all the words, and makes it to the national spelling-bee in Washington D.C. He then gives her 5,000 new words to learn and tells her to do it on her own. Larabee is a tough taskmaster teaching Akeelah as much as he can. Larabee shows Akeelah that she doesn't know all the words to win. At first, Akeelah is stubborn and hardheaded that she doesn't need any help to win the next spelling-bee. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne), a college professor and former national spelling-bee contestant, enters the picture. Akeelah wins the spelling-bee and now she can go to the state contest. Akeelah's principal is about to put her in detention when he persuades her to enter the Crenshaw school's spelling bee. Akeelah is a bright student, but she has been skipping class and is barely passing. Spelling words was a way for her to connect to her father who was killed when she was six. (Synopsis) Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer) is an 11-year-old girl in south Los Angeles, with a love for words.
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