第2个回答 2012-04-16
Akeelah and the Bee is a feel-good movie about an 11-year-old girl trying to win an International Spelling Contest. Doug Atchinson received an award for the best screenplay of the year for this script some time ago. Now I can see why. Although the story is quite predictable, screenwriter Atchinson (who also directs) has delivered the script which is not only heartfelt and wise, but also surprisingly universal. I mean that everybody had in their life difficulties which need to be overcome on their way to achieve something crucial and I felt that this pic is about me at some points. Therefore, every viewer (not only the young) can easily identify with a young girl, Akeelah who attempts to make her boldest dream come true. The story unfolds very well and the dialogue is so meaningful and at times witty that the flick is a sheer pleasure to watch. It is a profoundly moving film giving wonderful lesson that the victory is not so vital as participation and others' feelings, which should be valuable not only for kids. Atchinson also lets the audience care about characters superbly played by all actors. The movie depends on Keke Palmer's lively, very likable character. A great Palmer, along with Dakota Fenning, belongs from now on to the first league of young actresses. Laurence Fishbourne (also producer), Angela Basset and J.R. Villarreal in supporting roles deliver also memorable performances. To summarize, I recommend the double-screening of this heartfelt, touching picture and Donaldson's World's Fastest Indian as a some kind of therapy thanks to which even the most blasé viewers will feel better.