Akeelah and the Bee

Akeelah and the Bee

Drama 2006 1 hr 52 min
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Akeelah Anderson, a young girl attending a tough school in Los Angeles, sees the finals of the National 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 Joshua Larabee, she reaches the final. When she meets her fellow competitors, she realises that coming first isn't everything in life.
Drama 2006 1 hr 52 min
Starring Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer
Director Doug Atchison

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Akeelah and the Bee
  • DRAMA
Akeelah Anderson, a young girl attending a tough school in Los Angeles, sees the finals of the National 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 Joshua Larabee, she reaches the final. When she meets her fellow competitors, she realises that coming first isn't everything in life.

  • Average 7.1
  • Reviews 141
  • Fresh 120
  • Rotten 21

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Studio
2929 Productions LLC; Cinema Gypsy Productions, Inc.; Out of the Blue Entertainment; Reactor Films
Genre
Drama
Released
2006
Run Time
1 hr 52 min
Rated
PG

© 2006 Lions Gate Films, Inc. and 2929 Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved. Academy Award (R) is the registered trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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English (AAC, CC)

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.

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