Release Date
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Original Release
April 28, 2006
1h 53m
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
⭐ 7.1113 min
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.
Director
Doug Atchison
Department: Writing
⭐Popularity: 0.2
Cast
Keke Palmer
Akeelah Anderson
⭐4.2
Laurence Fishburne
Dr. Larabee
⭐3.3
Angela Bassett
Tanya Anderson
⭐2.9
Curtis Armstrong
Mr. Welch
⭐1.9
J.R. Villarreal
Javier
⭐1.2
Sean Michael Afable
Dylan Chiu
⭐0.5
Sahara Garey
Georgia
⭐0.2
Lee Thompson Young
Devon
⭐2.0
Julito McCullum
Terrence
⭐0.6
Erica Hubbard
Kiana
⭐0.6
Genres
Drama
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