None of the major reviewers will say it but this movie just isn't realistic. I thought it was a good story and a feel good movie that was entertaining. However if you look back in the history of the spelling bees there has never been someone with little discipline and structure of very low economic environment and a broken home winning. And the child winners always have the support of their parents from the beginning. Don't bother calling me racist because I am not. All winners of the spelling bee like most child prodigies come from distinct background of discipline and structure. Words are not like math where someone can have it all figured out in there heads, however someone can be more inclined to excel at spelling words than the average person. But it takes practice. Akeelah did not have that structure and a child cannot do this without a mom or dad (usually both) providing the right environment from the beginning. Tiger Woods had such structure and discipline. So did all the recent spelling bee winners.
Review of Akeelah and the Bee
