Akeelah and the Bee

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Average Rating

7.0

Based on 346 votes

Release Status

Released

28 Apr 2006

Runtime

01:53

113 minutes

Budget

$8,000,000

in USD

Revenue

$18,948,425

in USD

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.

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