Overview

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.

Beesley's Ratings

Id

2114

Name

Akeelah and the Bee (spelling bee)

Genre

Drama

Leads

Palmer,Keke-Fishburne,Laurence

Rating

7-
Content Advisory

Parental guidance, Bad Language

Comments

None

Metadata from themoviedb.org

Genre Ids

Drama

Id

13751

Title

Akeelah and the Bee

Popularity

1.9564

Release Date

2006-04-28

Softcore

False

Vote Average

7.054

Vote Count

349

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$18,948,425

Runtime

113 minutes