Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
"Changing the world... one word at a time."
ThumbScore
👍 71%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 85%
(RT: 85%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
J.R. Villarreal as Javier
Sean Michael Afable as Dylan Chiu
Sahara Garey as Georgia
Lee Thompson Young as Devon
Is Akeelah and the Bee good?
Most people think so. 71% audience score, estimated from 366 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 85%.
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. Wikipedia ↗
