Akeelah and the Bee vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for Akeelah and the Bee). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 52m. Akeelah and the Bee is the older of the two (2006 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Akeelah and the Bee
The French Italian| Akeelah and the Bee | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2006 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | United States of America |
| Director | Doug Atchison | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer, Tzi Ma, Eddie Steeples | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Akeelah and the Bee
11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finals. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.
The French Italian
Doug and Valerie have made a mistake. Their hate-fueled obsession with the jerks downstairs — who always seem to be singing karaoke in a brownstone, who even does that? — recently led them to flee the city for Doug’s parents’ place upstate, giving up a great deal on a rent-stabilized apartment. Their friends are horrified, and regret is setting in. They start plotting their revenge— and before they know it, they’re staging an off-Broadway play…
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