Akeelah and The Bee Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 109 mins
- Year produced:
- 2006
- Director:
- Doug Atchison
- Cast:
- Laurence Fishburne
- Angela Basset
- Keke Palmer
Akeelah is a charming but insecure 11-year-old girl from gang-ridden South Central Los Angeles who discovers, by chance, that she has an unlikely talent for spelling. By competing on the "spelling bee" competition circuit and enlisting the help of a wise mentor, Akeelah might just get the chance to make the National finals – and through that to make something of herself against all the odds, in this inspiring and uplifting movie
- Average rating:
(5 votes)
Reviews
14 May 2008
Rebecca from Whitstable and Seasalter Endowed Church of England Junior School
Akeelah and the bee is a film about a 11yr old girl who enters a school spelling bee and she is so close to winning she dos’nt win. BUT….. she gets herself a tutor who helps her become more confident on her spellings and then discovers a way to spell any word possible and guess what she wins the world championships with her compotition Dylan. If you have’nt seen this film then I am telling you watch it (warning after the film it hypnotyses u with wanting to spell better well I now it did to me!!)
6 October 2008
Harry from Roke Primary School
Akeelah and the bee was an okay film with quite a lot of slang… Personaly my favourite part was when she (Akeela) got asked to participate in the contest. I also liked it when they had a spelling contest at the end.
Notice: I noticed one swear word in the film.
12 October 2008
sophie from Roke Primary School
It thought it was an ok film but i would’nt like to watch it again. My favourite part from the film was her winning the spelling contest. ( There was a lot of hard words!! )
Sophie Gibson
25 October 2008
Kirsty from Roke Primary School
kirsty fuggle roke primary school
It was great I wouldn’t mind watching it again.It is about a girl called a.kee.lah and she is trying to win a spelling bee but will she do it or not…
I gave it 5 out of 5 stars
you should watch this movie with your school!!
Fascinating facts
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.