Akeelah and the Bee
Changing the world... one word at a time.
April 28, 2006
113 min
PG
✓ Released 7283 days ago
Drama
7.0
User Score
346 votes
About
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide 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. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Doug Atchison
Runtime: 113 min
Budget: $8,000,000
Revenue: $18,948,425
Top Cast
Keke Palmer
Akeelah Anderson
Laurence Fishburne
Dr. Larabee
Angela Bassett
Tanya Anderson
Curtis Armstrong
Mr. Welch
J.R. Villarreal
Javier
Sean Michael Afable
Dylan Chiu
Sahara Garey
Georgia
Lee Thompson Young
Devon
