good movie

as you know, i've been watching a lot of old classic and critically acclaimed movies. this wasn't on that list but was a great inspirational, feel-good movie.

i checked akeelah & the bee out from the library and watched it one night this week (yay! a week off of school!). i like movies like this; i've also enjoyed a couple of popular recent documentaries - one on national championship level scrabble and one on national spelling bee level. ::looking them up:: let's see - that's word wars (2004) and spellbound (2002). anyways, akeelah sets it all up like any feel good movie - girl from south central la, terrible school, never missed a word on a spelling test, ..., overcoming obstacles, ..., national bee, and even a bit of a twist ending. probably not 4 stars by a major critic, but a happy evening for me.