I especially loved her spelling coach and the drama between them. And by the way, the girl who plays Akeelah (the main star) is WONDERFUL as are all the other characters, including the other spelling contestants.
AKILA AND THE SPELLING BEE MOVIE
It goes to show that you don't need to have huge special effects to produce a GREAT movie! This movie is perfect. He was so funny, "Can you use it in a SONG?" - Ha! The movie is refreshing, inspiring, enjoyable, and even a little funny! We loved the part where one of the cont estants was stalling for time on stage (waiting for Akeelah, because if she wasn't back by the next round, she would be disqualified). It is a family film, rated PG because there are a few bad words mentioned, but they are not too bad. I am so glad someone took the time to make this wonderful film, it couldn't have possibly been done any better.
AKILA AND THE SPELLING BEE TV
When I was a kid, the spelling bee wasn't even SHOWN on TV let alone a MOVIE about it. I think it is ABOUT TIME there is a movie such as this one on the sport of the Spelling Bee! HOOR-AY!! There have been spelling bees for many generations, it is good that the young kids today (and of future generations) will get to watch this movie and perhaps be motivated that much more. This was a very enjoyable watch from beginning to end! A wonderful movie.
Refreshing, Inspiring, Enjoyable - A WONDERFUL MOVIE!!
Perhaps taking its cue from the surprising popularity of Jeffrey Blitz's quirky documentary SPELLBOUND (2002), which explored spelling prodigies from diverse classes, races, and geographic locations, this drama makes what could be a narrow niche into a universal tale of triumph over adversity.
Meanwhile, Akeelah's strong, practical mother, (played by Angela Bassett, who worked with Fishburne on the Tina Turner biopic WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?) while always supportive of her talented daughter, does not necessarily see the point of spending such time and energy on what will likely amount to a fleeting hobby. Though Akeelah attempts to hide her academic acuity behind a rebellious attitude, she cannot resist the temptation to enter her school's spelling bee, at which her stellar performance attracts the attention of her idealistic principal, who pairs her with a mentor, a former professor named Joshua Larabee (the always riveting Laurence Fishburne, who re-embodies the wise iconoclast character he played so well in the chess movie SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER). The tragic problem - intelligence of this kind is not valued in her community, where skills of athleticism and rapping are coveted far more than school smarts. Having recently become aware of her innate talent in this area, Akeelah cannot help but fantasize about the prospect of being a star of the bee circuit. Upon flipping channels after school one day, she lands on ESPN's coverage of the National Spelling Bee. The narrative centers around the character of Akeelah (Keke Palmer, in a star-making performance), a charming yet insecure 11 year old girl from Los Angeles' gang-ridden South Central district.
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