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Cast is spellbinding, but 'Akeelah' formula can take a seat: 'Akeelah and the Bee.' (star)(star)1/2.(Movie review)

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| April 28, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Michael Phillips

Apr. 28--"Akeelah and the Bee" is predictable, corny and formulaic. Maybe we'll see it listed in some future edition of Webster's under the word "precornulaic." Yet this latest triumph of the spelling-bee spirit, like last year's earnest, flawed film version of "Bee Season," features a film-saving performance where it counts most: from the kid playing the kid with big brain and even bigger heart. Keke Palmer portrays Akeelah, fictional spelling ace of Los Angeles' Crenshaw district. Even when the movie is threatened by the cliched- screenwriting equivalent of a brush fire, her cool, sweet, plaintive screen presence keeps the flames at bay.…

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