Villarreal) and an Asian American named Dylan ( Sean Michael Afable). What makes it transcend the material is the way she relates to the professor, and to two fellow contestants: a Mexican-American named Javier (J.R. So far I imagine "Akeelah and the Bee" sounds like a nice but fairly conventional movie.
Akeelah and the bee movie#
The movie depends on her, and she deserves its trust. It puts her in Dakota Fanning and Flora Cross territory, and there's something about her poise and self-possession that hints she will grow up to be a considerable actress. Keke Palmer, a young Chicago actress whose first role was as Queen Latifah's niece in "Barbershop 2," becomes an important young star with this movie.
Akeelah practices in secret, and after she wins a few bees even the tough kids in the neighborhood start cheering for her.
Tanya Anderson ( Angela Bassett) has issues after the death of her husband, and values Akeelah's homework above all else, including silly afterschool activities like spelling bees. And for Fishburne, it's a reminder of his work in " Searching for Bobby Fischer" (1993), another movie where he coached a prodigy.Īkeelah is mocked not only at school. Coaching her is a way out of his own shell. Joshua Larabee ( Laurence Fishburne), on a leave of absence after the death of his daughter. Her real chance at national success comes after a reluctant English professor agrees to act as her coach. The story of Akeelah's ascent to the finals of the National Spelling Bee makes an uncommonly good movie, entertaining and actually inspirational, and with a few tears along the way. No, she doesn't have a photographic memory, nor is she channeling the occult as the heroine of " Bee Season" does.
Beating time with her hand against her thigh as sort of a metronome, she cranks out the letters and arrives triumphantly at the words. The thing with Akeelah ( Keke Palmer) is that she can spell, whether she wants to or not.
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