Akkelah and The Bee - Movie Review

“Akeelah and the Bee” was the name of the movie and it captures all of our attention during its play. Entertainment value? Of course, no doubt this movie is created to entertain people. But besides entertain people, it also gives something extra for all of us to think about. It makes us to think about that success is not gained from one day’s work but it needs time, attention, support and a little tiny bit of luck to success in our life. Just like the girl Akeelah in this movie, she has gone through the training, getting support and help from her family, instructor - Dr. Larabee and the whole community in order to win the national spelling bee. Moreover, this movie has a happy ending which is Akeelah and her rival, Dylan become the co-champion in the competition. I would be a little bit disappointed if the ending is not as it was in the movie.

In the movie, I was fascinated by Akeelah and Dylan who were able to spell out words that I have never heard before. They spell the words just like they are chewing breakfast cereal. So, it dawns on me that I still have tons and tons of words that I don’t know and this will make me to have the motivation to learn more. “Lifelong learning” is the type of learning that everyone should engage with as knowledge has no limit.

In the movie, Dr. Larabee is Akeelah’s instructor and he trains her to spell. Watching him, I kinda reminded my Form 4 English teacher, Ms Suppa. She is the one who is always made us to speak up and to give reasons why we choose the answer. She is the one who actually make us use English because unlike any other English teachers in my school, they practice teacher-centered teaching style. Quote from Ms Suppa: “Come on CHICKENS!” “Am I talking to the WALL?!”, I laughed when I think about all the stuff that we tried to reply her two questions here. (Don’t get angry with me Ms Suppa if you accidentally saw this ^^) How am I going to put this, she is a dedicated teacher, just like Dr. LArabee in the movie.

The lesson that I have learnt from the movie is “We have to give our BEST shot in whatever stuff that we have our hands on and be GRATEFULL always.” This is because when Akeelah tried to let Dylan win by spelling the word wrongly, Dylan said that he doesn’t want this kind of winning and he asked Akeelah to give it her best shot. From this we can see that winning is not a destination but it is a journey to grow up. Be grateful to our parents and teacher or whoever that has helped us in our life is another lesson that I have learnt in this movie and so I rate this movie 5/5. For those who wanna watch it again, please do so.