Akeelah and the Bee

o-b-v-i-o-u-s. obvious. from the latin "obviam", and meaning "frequently encountered." to use it in a sentence: "this film handles the story and characters in such an obvious way, you'll think you accidentally turned on the hallmark channel." look, if you want to look at this as a kid's movie and evaluate it on that level, i would say nary a bad word about it. there is certainly far worse crud shoveled at eleven-year-olds every year. however, i want to give kids credit that they can handle more subtle and innovative films. some of my favorite movies when i was younger have only gotten richer... read more