Akeelah And the Bee
Movie • 2006 • Drama
ReportEleven year-old Akeelah Anderson's life is not easy: her father is dead, her mom ignores her, her brother runs with the local gangbangers. She's smart, but her environment threatens to strangle her aspirations. Responding to a threat by her school's principal, Akeelah participates in a spelling bee to avoid detention for her many absences. Much to her surprise and embarrassment, she wins. Her principal asks her to seek coaching from an English professor named Dr. Larabee for the more prestigious regional bee. As the possibility of making it all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee looms, Akeelah could provide her community with someone to rally around and be proud of -- but only if she can overcome her insecurities and her distracting home life. She also must get past Dr. Larabee's demons, and a field of more experienced and privileged fellow spellers.
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Arguably? I'm not sure it rises to the level of abuse, but one of the kids has a dad who is very strict and yells at him. We later find out that the kid is not too upset by his dad.
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No, but the parents yelling at kids in various scenes, could be upsetting/triggering.
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Couple of kid kisses, very innocent.
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There are multiple scenes where characters racialize others in derogatory ways.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is there misophonia?
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A character regularly taps her hands while spelling.
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Is there gun violence?
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No on screen gun violence, but people discuss how a character was shot.
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Off-screen; her dad died from being shot.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Sandphin
In the deleted scene, there is a vivid flashback of when Akeelah's dad died. In the movie itself there are some anxious moments when the kids are on stage, but no panic attacks per se.
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No one dies during the movie, but multiple family members are dead at the start and how they died is discussed.
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Does someone cheat?
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Not in the relationship-cheating sense. Someone does cheat at the spelling bee, in the cheating-on-a-test sense.
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There are a couple scenes where a character eavesdrops on a conversation, but this is not for surveillance or stalking purposes.
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There's a scene featuring a homeless man asking for change.
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A couple times kids say "ass" or "shit"; it is not heavily used throughout the movie.
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There is a deleted scene involving a flashback, and Akeelah's breathing gets fast. Otherwise, no.
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Off-screen, a kid died from being sick.
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Around 1:22:00 when they’re flying on the plane to DC, Javier is scared of flying on a plane so he makes groaning noises and says he “may puke,” but he never actually does
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