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By Sarah Hepola (18) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 12 Aug 1992

As good, old-fashioned dorkfests go, it doesn't get much better than the National Spelling Bee, with its arcane words, bespectacled competitors,…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 28 Nov 1990

The end result is the best documentary you'll see this year, as thrilling a competition as any Super Bowl and as suspenseful a story as any…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 14 Jul 1987

The terrific Spellbound really isn't about the ability to tear words apart letter by letter. It's about nerve-wracking competitiveness…

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By Carla Meyer (580) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 07 Nov 1986

Resembles a Christopher Guest movie in that it follows obsessed, socially awkward folks on a seminal journey in their lives…

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By Carrie Rickey (1,198) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 21 Jan 1984

I love this movie, and I love the pride, spirit and sportsmanship of the kids who represent the best of American pluck and luck…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 23 Dec 1983

Thrilling little epic set in the bewildering arena of the English language…

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By Ted Shen (33) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 27 Apr 1979

Blitz shows us these kids in all their quirkiness and dorkiness, letting them do much of the talking as he records them and their families at home…

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By Robert Bianco (5) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 05 Nov 1978

Spellbound is also a tale of suspense, and Hitchcock embellishes it with characteristically brilliant twists, like the infinite variety of…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 18 Aug 1977

Despite rave reviews, film festival awards, and an Oscar nomination, Spellbound comes across as little more than a marginally compelling documentary…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 25 May 1971

Not to be speechless about it, David O. Selznick has a rare film in Spellbound…

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By Lou Lumenick (2,103) for New York Post (6,650) on 15 Dec 1967

Many of the kids seem to be social outcasts of one kind or another, but Spellbound, which will show on cable later this year, doesn't dig deep…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for Slate (2,081) on 19 Feb 1966

The movie becomes a nail-biter, the audience hanging on every letter…

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By Jami Bernard (708) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 24 Aug 1965

This could be a documentary about reading the body language of childhood…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 Dec 1959

At a time when so many in this country are at odds about what represents America at its best, it's refreshing and then some to see a film that…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 19 May 1957

Can't help but be deeply engrossing, as it taps into a highly charged atmosphere that one parent dubs a different form of child abuse…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 09 Jan 1955

For the committed word nerd, spelling has its intrinsic pleasures, but in Spellbound it's another example of the peculiarly American mania…

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By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for Dallas Observer (1,128) on 14 Oct 1949

Consider it an athletic contest of the mind--ESPN does, as the sports network regularly televises the finals…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 17 Sep 1946

One of the many pleasures in Spellbound is watching the reactions of these young brainiacs, all under the age of 14, as they first hear the…

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