Spellbound is an incredibly engaging and entertaining documentary. This Jeffrey Blitz documentary follows the journeys of 8 children towards their goal of winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee. You can't help but fall in love with each character as each is truly dedicated and determined to be the last speller standing. It reminds each viewer of their own inner-dork, allowing the audience to relate to at least one of the kids. It's a dramatic tale of victories, losses, friends, and family.
One of the kid's stories inspired the movie Akeela and the Bee. Not only is her story compelling, her personality and character is inspiring.
This is an amazing film that manages to integrate 8 main characters into a seamless narrative while keeping the audience engaged the entire time.
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It's a great example of a narrative style doc, but also has social issue qualities and incredible characters. Hard not to fall in love with ALL of them.
I loved this documentary! It was hilarious and tantalizing at the same time. The footage of the kid who kept messing up on stage and kept asking "how do you use it in a sentence" was priceless. Usually documentaries can only function properly with 2 or 3 characters. I thought it was an interesting choice to follow eight characters to the show and did not feel that I was overwhelmed with too many characters. So this documentary is a good exception to the rule. If you haven't gotten a chance to check this out from Ellen's library I highly recommend you do it as soon as possible!
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