Spellbound (2003)

Fantastic and riveting documentary about the National Spelling Bee. Serves as an interesting companion to the excellent Hands on a Hard Body (both films take a small cross-section of participating contestants and use them to say something about American society as a whole, to extraordinary effect) except that it doesn't look and sound like it was filmed through a dirty beer glass, so it gets extra bonus points. My favorite film of 2003 right now.

Grade: A