Spellbound (2002)

Generally documentaries don't interest me. Like, at all. But some of the reviews I'd read of this one made it sound interesting so I went ahead and picked it up. I was not disappointed. It was amazingly fascinating. It followed eight different children and their families as the kids competed in what was apparently the 1999 National Spelling Bee. Everyone in my family ended up picking a kid to root for (although none of our favorites won, sadly). The kids weren't dumbed down at all or made to seem either way cutesy or way mature or way brainy. They just were who they were. I'd definitely recommend this movie! 4.5 stars.