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.

• DirectorDoug Atchison
• Release28 April 2006
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 52m
• Budget$8,000,000
• Revenue$18,948,425
• Rate
  

  7.1
  334 reviews
• Productions

  Lions Gate Films, 2929 Productions, Out of the Blue... Entertainment, Starbucks Entertainment, Cinema Gypsy Productions