Movie Review: Akeelah and the Bee
Akeelah and the Bee is an excellent movie, Lions GateKeke Palmer stars as Akeelah Anderson, an eleven year-old girl from South Central Los Angeles who lands in the National Spelling Bee. With outstanding performances, Akeelah and the Bee is a sweet movie story that follows the girl who was skipping class, ending to sing up for the school spelling bee, at the school’s principal request. Fortunately for Akeelah spelling is the best and wins the bee easily, which catches the attention of Dr. Josh Larabee (Laurence Fishburne), a former college professor and National Spelling Bee participant.
Dr. Larabee believes Akeelah has a gift that could land her in the National Bee, and offers to tutor Akeelah in the study habits he feels are necessary to win. Akeelah has no desire to participate in spelling bees because she would prefer to have friends and the children at her school have no tolerance for “smart kids”.
I strongly recommend the movie Akeelah and the Bee, the girl contains great drama, and it all seems plausible, as if Akeelah is a real girl and we are watching her documentary.
Genre: Drama, Kids, Family
Featuring: Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal
Director: Doug Atchison
Producer: Sidney Ganis, Nancy Hult, Daniel Llewelyn, Michael Romersa, David Mullen
Distributor: Lions Gate
Score: 5 / 5