Akeelah and the Bee

  • Rated PG
  • 1hr 52m
  • 72

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Doug Atchison

Producer:

Laurence Fishburne, Sidney Ganis, Nancy Hult Ganis

Release Date:

Apr 28, 2006

Runtime:

1hr 52m

Synopsis

A young girl from South Los Angeles tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee.

Cast

  • Keke Palmer
  • Laurence Fishburne
  • Angela Bassett
  • Curtis Armstrong
  • J.R. Villarreal
  • Sean Michael Afable
  • Sahara Ware
  • Lee Thompson Young
  • Julito McCullum
  • Erica Hubbard

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Metacritic

72
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Based on 30 Critics
7.7

USER SCORE (90)

Generally favorable reviews based on 90 Reviews
83

Blessed with excellent turns by Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne, this feel-gooder revels in its hip-to-be-square hyperliteracy, and neatly exceeds its own PSA-ness, practically amounting to a black, preteen Good Will Hunting.

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Metacritic review by Scott Brown
Scott Brown
Entertainment Weekly
70

Effectively anchoring the picture is Keke Palmer's lovely lead performance as Akeelah Anderson.

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Metacritic review by Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
The Hollywood Reporter
70

This earnest weepie plays like The Karate Kid with a pro-literacy agenda, pushing all the right emotional buttons yet hitting quite a few wrong ones in the process.

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Metacritic review by Justin Chang
Justin Chang
Variety
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