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 finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
Akeelah and the Bee has generally received very positive reviews.
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Akeelah and the Bee was released in 2006 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 614 reviews, giving Akeelah and the Bee (2006) an average rating of 75%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 81%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 72%.
With a score of 75%, Akeelah and the Bee is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2006, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2006 with similar scores include films like Apocalypto, Lucky Number Slevin and Little Children.
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