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Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
7.5
Ratings: 7.5/10 from 9,437 users
Metascore:
72/100
Reviews: 165 user | 88 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com
A young girl from South Los Angeles tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee. Director:Doug AtchisonWriter:Doug Atchison |
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| Keke Palmer | ... | ||
| Laurence Fishburne | ... | ||
| Angela Bassett | ... | ||
| Curtis Armstrong | ... | ||
| J.R. Villarreal | ... |
Javier
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| Sean Michael Afable | ... | ||
| Sahara Garey | ... | ||
| Lee Thompson Young | ... | ||
| Julito McCullum | ... | ||
| Erica Hubbard | ... | ||
| Eddie Steeples | ... | ||
| Dalia Phillips | ... | ||
| Tzi Ma | ... | ||
| Jeris Poindexter | ... |
Steve
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| Sara Niemietz | ... | ||
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Eleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of -- but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home life. She also must get past Dr. Larabee's demons, and a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers. Written by Shannon Patrick Sullivan <shannon@mun.ca>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisPlot Keywords:
Spelling | Spelling Bee | National Spelling Bee | Principal | Middle School | See more »Taglines:
Changing the world... one word at a time.Genres:
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Opening Weekend:
$6,011,585 (USA) (30 April 2006) (2195 Screens)Gross:
$18,811,135 (USA) (16 July 2006)Company Credits
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Dr. Larabee: Does that mean anything to you?
Akeelah: I don't know.
Dr. Larabee: It's written in plain English. What does it mean?
Akeelah: That I'm not supposed to be afraid?
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Written by Stephanie Jones (as S. Jones)
Performed by Stephanie Jones
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Among the spelling words in the film are: prestidigitation, ambidextrous, pterodactyl, pulchritude, pastiche, xanthosis, cabalistic, soliterraneous, grandiloquent, catastasis, endentulous, quinquevir, bioluminescent, objugatory, kookaburra, effervescible, quiddity, pyrophanous, mountebank, numismatics, arboriculture, argillaceous, serpiginous, and logorrhea. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: The plaque on the wall in Dr. Larabee's office, which he makes Akeelah read, wrongly attributes the quote to Nelson Mandela's 1994 inaugural speech. This is a common mistake, but Nelson Mandela has never used that quote in any of his published speeches. The quote is from Marianne Williamson an American spiritual activist. See more »Quotes
Akeelah: [quoting Marianne Williamson] Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.Dr. Larabee: Does that mean anything to you?
Akeelah: I don't know.
Dr. Larabee: It's written in plain English. What does it mean?
Akeelah: That I'm not supposed to be afraid?
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"Day by Day"Written by Stephanie Jones (as S. Jones)
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